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Help uncover all those thousands of rural women working voluntarily for our rural communities!
Hidden Treasures is a new project to acknowledge the important volunteer roles women play within NSW rural communities. It provides a platform to pay tribut...
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NSW Farmers\' Federation
NSW Farmers' Federation Farmer of the Year Ridley Bell
Ridley Bell, "Farmer of the Year"A leader of the blueberry industry in Australia has taken out this year’s Farmer of the Year Award, with the Young Farmer of the Year Award going to a young ...
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NSW Farmers\' Federation
Farmers across the State have today embarked on a major public relations campaign to bring city consumers closer to the farm. In a first for NSW, the Families Needing Farmers campaign has been launched in Sydney in front of hundreds of politicians, media...
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NSW Farmers\' Federation
The NSW Farmers’ Association President Charles Armstrong has warned the future of NSW is dependent on a greater working relationship between the city and the country.
Speaking at the official opening of the Association’s 2010 Annual Conference, Charl...
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NSW Farmers\' Federation
Nyngan farmer Charles Armstrong has been re-elected as the NSW Farmers’ Association President for a second term.
The President was elected unopposed.
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NSW Farmers\' Federation
This year’s NSW Farmers’ Association’s Annual Conference, one of the biggest ‘country meets city’ events of the year, will focus on the value of agriculture for Australian families and farmers.
NSW Farmers’ Association President Charles Armst...
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NSW Farmers\' Federation
A duck producer from Sydney’s outskirts, organic cattle, goat, soybean and spelt wheat farmer from Glen Innes, and a blueberry farmer from the North Coast have been named as finalists in this year’s Farmer of the Year Awards.
In addition, a fish fa...
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Minister Burke Media Release
Farmers in the Bundarra area of New South Wales can now access Exceptional Circumstances (EC) assistance until 2012 after the Gillard Government accepted the independent advice of the National Rural Advisory Council (NRAC).The decision follows an offer fr...
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Rural Development Services and Ag Consulting Co invite you to participate in an exciting project: Coaching and Mentoring in Rural Australia. The project’s program will enable young woman engaged in primary industries to develop their coaching, mentori...
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NSW Farmers\' Federation
The NSW Farmers’ Association says the State Government’s extension to the State drought assistance package is very welcome.
NSW Farmers’ Association President Charles Armstrong says in particular, the Association welcomes the commitment by the Stat...
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Minister Burke Media Release
The Gillard Government today announced up to $8 million in additional funds to help community groups protect the environment and support sustainable farming through its 2010-11 Caring for our Country Community Action Grants program.
Minister for Environm...
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The State Government today declared a natural disaster on the NSW North Coast after a tornado ripped through Lennox Head and torrential rainfall hit surrounding areas.
Ballina and Byron Shires will now be given financial assistance to help with the cost ...
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Primary Industries Minister Steve Whan today launched a program to give local councils the inside tips on how to be more ‘fish friendly'..Mr Whan said the Fish Friendly Councils Program would encourage local councils to play a greater role in native fis...
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Edition No. 52 of The Country Web newsletter is now available. This edition's theme is ‘Perception Versus Reality’.
In this edition you'll meet our 2010 NSW RIRDC Rural Women's Award winner and runner-up and find out what our past winners have been u...
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Minister Burke Media Release
The Rudd Government has announced more than $150,000 in funding to support women in rural communities.
The funding will give women the chance to come together to share knowledge and their experiences in ‘women’s gatherings’ that are vital in buildi...
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Farm Day aims to foster a greater understanding of farming among urban Australians through a farming family sharing their life with a city family for a day of 'fun, friendship and understanding'.
The experience provides a chance for a city family to shar...
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The 2010-11 Budget will inject a further $3.8 billion into rural and regional communities to be delivered through greater infrastructure investment and better targeted industry support. Over the next twelve months, it will provide:
Around $1.35 billion t...
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Minister Burke Media Release
The Government has acted on a key recommendation from the drought policy review to better help older farmers plan to hand their farms on to the next generation.Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Tony Burke today announced an extra $2.43 mill...
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Together with the University of Western Sydney and the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW, Woolworths is offering 30 young Australians the opportunity to attend the 2010 Woolworths Agricultural Business Scholarship program.
Learn from the best During the ...
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Minister for Primary Industries, Steve Whan, today said Industry & Investment (I&I) NSW would make a series of appointments to bolster its frontline advisory services and build up its plant biosecurity team to respond to the threat of exotic disea...
