GLENRAC has held Rural Women’s Day Events since 2013, attracting women from across our district to gather, learn, share, and connect. This year’s event will be held at the Glen Innes Showgrounds Tearooms on Friday 13 October 2023 and will include presentations and displays from our local support agencies and businesses.

MEMBER for Northern Tablelands is breathing a sigh of relief following the handing down of today’s 2023-24 Budget, celebrating almost $612 million ($611,500,000) in capital investment for the region this financial year, including some big-ticket projects which he feared would be cut by the new State Government.

A BRAND-NEW Toyota Hilux dual cab ute has been delivered to the Glen Innes Natural Resources Advisory Committee (GLENRAC), thanks to a $61,353 grant under the former State Government’s Community Building Partnership program.

All are invited to attend GLENRAC’s free Fit Farmers - an information day that highlights the importance of taking some time to check in on your own physical, financial and emotional health for farmers.

The Rural Fire Service (RFS) is urging landholders and property managers in Northern Tablelands to exercise caution and adhere to rules when conducting burns on their properties.

GLENRAC has recently completed over 2,900ha of weed monitoring and control of Velvety Tree Pear north-west of Glen Innes, engaging 6 private properties covering over 2,900 hectares within the Murray Darling catchment.

GLENRAC’s hugely popular Farmer Update information evening is back for another year, with an interesting range of industry gatherings to discuss the future of carbon emissions and what net zero will mean for Australian farmers, farm safety, rural fire management and farm insurance.

Graziers from across the Northern Tablelands are keenly interested in preparing for the next drought, based on attendance at a GLENRAC sheep confinement and drought feeding workshop in late July.

Improving river health and habitat values on the Severn River between Strathbogie and Ashford in Northern NSW through baseline

This project will support the recovery of two vulnerable species, Squirrel Gliders and the Glossy Black Cockatoo, involving public and private land managers and raise community awareness of the impacts of the fires across the Torrington & Currys Gap areas.

At the last round of coaching sessions held as part of the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund’s Drought Resilient Soils and Landscapes Grants Program, pasture was cut to ground level in 20 paddocks across the Northern Tablelands using a 50cm square quadrat and after measuring pasture height.

The Glen Innes Natural Resources Advisory Committee (GLENRAC) has welcomed a new Project Officer for Sustainable Agriculture to their team, with Katie Barnett stepping into the role.

The NSW Government is ramping up efforts to tackle rising feral pig populations across the state, providing an $8 million boost to help fund a new coordinated control program.

The NSW Government will spend an additional $80 million to protect the state from red imported fire ants, with the invasive and aggressive pest now on the march towards the NSW border.

The NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) has confirmed the start to the Bush Fire Danger Period (BFDP) in the Glen Innes Severn, Inverell, Tenterfield local government areas (LGAs) for 1 August 2023.

GLENRAC has arranged a workshop and farm visit to cover all aspects of how to set up a sheep confinement and drought feeding system, at Bukkulla on July 27.

Farmers who are members of the nine coaching groups of the Drought Resilient Pasture Landscapes project, have spent some time during their third round of coaching sessions looking at their predicted pasture availability for the coming spring.

GLENRAC recently hosted a stock water field day at Emmaville NSW, as part of the Armidale Node’s Best practice water infrastructure producer demonstration project where 23 farmers attended to learn about designing and building reliable droughtproof stock water systems

NORTHERN Tablelands MP Adam Marshall has called on the State Government to urgently act to curb the out-of-control feral pig population, which is wreaking havoc across rural and regional NSW, calling for more resources to address the influx.

9 June 2023

The culmination of GLENRAC’s project to provide habitat for Glossy Black Cockatoos and Squirrel Gliders will be celebrated at a Community Open Day, Thursday 22 June 2023 at Nomads Day Area, Torrington State Conservation Area (SCA).