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Automated Milking Systems delivers comparable performance to conventional systems in Australian dairy farms

- Agriculture; Research & Development

The NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) has released a comprehensive report from the Milking Edge Project, offering valuable insights for Australian dairy farmers considering Automatic Milking Systems (AMS) technology.

North Coast cattle treated for tick fever

- Agriculture; Biosecurity

NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) and Local Land Services (LLS) have reminded producers to be alert following the confirmation of tick fever on two North Coast cattle properties.

NSW’s State Fish, the Eastern Blue Groper, will continue being protected

- Fishing; Ministerial

The NSW Government today announced that the State’s Fish, the Eastern Blue groper, will continue to be protected following scientific advice and community feedback.

Threatened native Trout Cod recovery underway with innovative fish breeding & stocking

- Fishing; Ministerial

The Minns Labor Government has announced the 10-year Trout Cod Action Plan to recover the threatened native Trout Cod fish and delivering on its election commitment to boost the recovery of the fish and ensure its availability for recreational fishers.

Prestigous Farrer Memorial Medal awarded to Andrew Barr

- Research & Development

The prestigious Farrer Memorial Medal has been awarded to South Australian grain grower and former plant researcher Dr Andrew (Andy) Barr for 2024, recognising his outstanding contributions to plant breeding and agricultural research in not only Australia, but across the globe.

New Recreational Fishing Trust Advisory Council to oversee expenditure on recreational fishing funds

- Fishing; Ministerial

The Minns Labor Government has delivered on its election commitment to improve oversight of how NSW fishing licence fees are spent, with new regulation now in place to establish a Recreational Fishing Trusts Advisory Council to oversee the spending of the funds.

Alison Stone

NSW Government appoints first statutory Agriculture Commissioner

- Agriculture; Ministerial

The Minns Labor Government is continuing work to ensure the New South Wales farmers and agriculture industry are safeguarded into the future with the appointment of Alison Stone as the state’s first statutory Agriculture Commissioner.

NSW Government’s crackdown on rogue turf businesses to stop fire ants pays off

- Biosecurity; Ministerial

Two Queensland businesses have been separately convicted in the NSW Local Court of breaching biosecurity regulations designed to protect NSW from red imported fire ants and in total ordered to pay $60,000.

Geoff Riley from the Inverell Shire Council with DPIRD State Priority Weeds Coordinator, Bill Davidson and Northern Tablelands LLS Regional Weed Coordinator, Beth Brown - part of the biosecurity team who found and removed 80 knapweed plants near Tenterfield as part of the NSW Government plan to eradicate the weed. 

Springer spaniels and biosecurity teams nose out knapweed

- Biosecurity

For the first time in Australia, weed-seeking scent detection dogs have this month sniffed out black knapweed (Centaurea x moncktonii) plants near Tenterfield as part of NSW Government actions to eradicate the invasive weed.

Funding to improve the transitioning and rehoming of animals used in research

- Agriculture; Research & Development; Ministerial

Three NSW based animal welfare organisations will share in $2.45 million to fund the rehoming of animals following their contribution to important scientific research projects.

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