Media Releases

Producers visiting the Australian National Field Days are invited to explore the future of farming through a new virtual reality (VR) experience rolled out by the NSW Government’s Farms of the Future (FotF) program.

The NSW Government invites everyone from curious beginners to experienced anglers to join in the celebration of Gone Fishing Day this Sunday, 19 October.

NSW Government plant pathologists are developing solutions to manage an emerging fungal disease that threatens the production of barley — the state’s second-largest cereal crop.

The NSW Government has confirmed there is no evidence that blueberries from Northern NSW are unsafe to eat, following a review by the NSW Food Authority and the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA).

This coming October Labour Day long weekend marks the start of the NSW trout fishing season with tens of thousands of anglers expected to experience the thrill of this well-loved freshwater sportfishing in New South Wale’s scenic alpine and high-country waterways.

The countdown to an action-packed spring and summer of fishing has begun, with the Minns Labor Government deploying 34 Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) along the state’s coastline.

The Minns Labor Government has reaffirmed its commitment to saving the endangered White’s seahorse, with a record release of 1,200 seahorses at Port Stephens.

NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (NSW DPIRD) scientists are ramping up an insecticide resistance surveillance project to combat the destructive fall armyworm.

Producers attending Henty Machinery Field Days will have the chance to step into the future of farming, thanks to a new virtual reality (VR) experience by the NSW Government’s Farms of the Future (FotF) program.