Media Releases

Friday 7 November, marks Tocal College Foundation Day, an annual celebration honouring the College’s opening and the legacy of the CB Alexander Foundation.

Students from NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development’s (DPIRD) Tocal College have demonstrated their skills and enthusiasm for the beef industry at the 2025 Upper Hunter Beef Bonanza (UHBB), the largest youth beef cattle event of its kind in Australia.

The NSW Government has announced Sally Evans as the recipient of the prestigious 2024 Graham Gregory Award, recognising her exceptional leadership, service and impact on the New South Wales wine industry.

Weed biosecurity officers from NSW, Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia will soon take advantage of the latest environmental DNA (eDNA) techniques to detect the aquatic weed, Amazon frogbit (Limnobium laevigatum).

The NSW Primary Industries have reached a historic milestone, recording an estimated Gross Value of Production (GVP) of $25.5 billion, underscoring the sector’s enduring resilience, ongoing innovation, and its vital contribution to driving the state’s economy.

Today, the Minns Labor Government is marking a key milestone in the protection of trout fisheries in the Snowy Mountains, with announcement of a new $5 million world-class fish production facility to expand the breeding capacity of the Government’s Gaden Trout Hatchery, Jindabyne.

A new research paper released by the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW DPIRD) has revealed that managed grazing practices incrementally increased soil organic carbon (SOC) compared to continuous grazing in temperate pasture systems.

Modernisation of the successful NSW Government Weeds Action Program moves the program from an annual to a four-year grant model, with a total of $40.726 million available to local councils and other eligible Local Control Authorities (LCA) to boost weed management across the state.

The Albanese and Minns Labor Governments are continuing to ensure regional communities are able to thrive with a new powerful online tool to help NSW farmers better prepare for, respond to and recover from natural disasters including fire, flood, and drought.