Local News
23 Jul 10 | Grain Growers Association (GGA) announced this week that registrations were now open for the Australian University Crops Competition (AUCC) to be held in Temora.
23 Jul 10 | Forbes –
More nurses for health centre
Forbes Community Health Centre has improved its immunisation services for the community following an increase in the number of qualified immunisation nurses.
23 Jul 10 | With the winter months upon us producers are taking extra precautions to ensure stock remains in excellent condition. As temperatures plummet across southern Australia, the Kondinin Group is reminding sheep producers to keep a watchful eye on their weaners.
23 Jul 10 | The best seasonal conditions in NSW for many years look set to create some unique challenges for NSW sheep producers this lambing
season.
16 Jul 10 | Junee – Bethungra dam upgrade
Junee Shire Council has completed a number of estimates for work at the Bethungra dam and reserve with the most expensive estimate coming in at $1 million.
16 Jul 10 | Farmers across the Riverina look forward to the Henty Machinery Field days (HMFD) each year and 2010 promises not to disappoint.
16 Jul 10 | Veterinarians across the state are treating unusually high cases of the deadly canine parvovirus this winter.
Parvovirus is a serious illness that is spread through the faeces of infected dogs, susceptible animals (immunosuppressed or non- vaccinated) become infected by ingesting the virus.
09 Jul 10 | Experts are predicting a significant increase in acreage sewn to canola this season.
After years of dry conditions and drought, farmers have been forced to sew cereal on cereal crops but with recent rainfall and increased levels of soil moisture farmers are now breaking the cycle with canola crops.
09 Jul 10 | Parkes- GP cup nominated for
minerals award
Last September’s inaugural GP cup which raised more than $200,000 for local doctor recruitment and retention endeavors has been nominated for a NSW Minerals Council award.
09 Jul 10 | Four Charles Sturt University, Wagga students are in India sharing their skills and knowledge and assisting Indian rice growers to farm more sustainably.
Syngenta has launched its first Connections program aimed at helping rice growers in North India farm more sustainably by providing skills and tools to use water more efficiently.
02 Jul 10 | Yass
Yass Valley Council has announced it will use a $10,000 state government grant, applied for by the Railway Heritage Centre, to investigate the feasibility of running trams from the Junction to the Museum; a route that will take passengers through patches of open land, stretches of the river, across the picturesque railway bridge and down Dutton Street to its destination.
02 Jul 10 | The commodity outlook and financial performance of key agricultural industries across south-east New South Wales was released at the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) Wagga Regional Outlook conference last week.
25 Jun 10 | Three new Board members have been announced for the Murray Catchment Management Authority.
The Murray Catchment Authority guides natural resource management in the NSW Murray catchment from Kosciuszko to Kyalite, an area of 35,000 square km.
25 Jun 10 | Cootamundra
Cootamundra’s Muttama Creek Regeneration Group has received a major boost, receiving $11,000 from the Murrumbidgee catchment Authority.
25 Jun 10 | The region’s farmers are being urged to be vigilant in monitoring cereal crops for disease.
Cootamundra Industry and Investment Agronomist Phillip Bowden said he has a report of Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus (WSMV) in the Cootamundra district, with samples currently being lab tested for confirmation. Cases of the disease have also been reported in other areas.
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