Targeted vaccinations have begun in New South Wales to help protect vulnerable native birds from the threat of H5 avian influenza. The program includes captive insurance populations and selected wild populations, with Little Penguins at Manly and Barunguba Montague Island among those being considered.

Construction is underway on a new $1.2 million research laboratory in Tamworth aimed at improving the management of insect pests affecting NSW agriculture. The facility will investigate resistance in major pests of grains, cotton and horticulture, including fall armyworm, aphids, thrips, mirids and spider mites.

A New South Wales woman has been fined $5000 dollars for attempting to smuggle more than 50 fertilised emu eggs to Vietnam. The woman was sentenced at Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court, after the eggs were seized before they could leave Australia on commercial flights.

The National Farmers’ Federation is calling for urgent Federal Government funding to keep the national wild dog management program operating beyond September.

NSW Farmers says a parliamentary inquiry has confirmed long-held concerns about the rollout of Renewable Energy Zones, after concluding the transition has caused what it describes as "avoidable harm" to regional communities.

Local government representatives have welcomed a new funding agreement between the Federal Government and councils, aimed at strengthening financial support for communities across Australia.

Food security has dominated the opening of the 2026 NSW Farmers Conference, with delegates calling for stronger government support to boost Australia's domestic fuel and fertiliser production.

More than 300 farmers from across New South Wales will gather in Sydney this week as the NSW Farmers Annual Conference focuses on the major issues affecting food and fibre production.

New South Wales has confirmed a second case of H5 high pathogenicity avian influenza in a wild migratory seabird, with a Giant Petrel found at Bennetts Beach near Hawks Nest testing positive.

More than $175,000 has been raised for rural mental health after disability advocate and adaptive athlete Sam Longmore completed a 441-kilometre wheelchair journey across regional New South Wales.

Concerns are growing across southern New South Wales after major local employer SunRice announced it will scale back operations at its Leeton and Deniliquin mills, with the decision reigniting political debate over water management and the pressures facing regional industries.

Three New South Wales regional MPs are calling on the State Government to provide certainty over the future of the Murray Local Land Services native seed collection program, amid concerns funding changes could see decades of specialist environmental knowledge lost across the region.

New South Wales has confirmed its first case of H5 high pathogenicity avian influenza after the virus was detected in a giant petrel found near Hawks Nest.

New South Wales authorities have activated their H5 bird flu response after a Giant Petrel found near Hawks Nest returned a preliminary positive test for H5 influenza.

Four years after fire destroyed Urana's only supermarket, locals once again have a place to pick up groceries close to home. The new local grocery store, opened by Urana's Pat Bourke and family, welcomed its first customers this week, restoring an essential service that had been missing since the former IGA was lost in a fire.

The 2026–27 New South Wales State Budget has drawn criticism from agricultural and regional organisations, which say it fails to deliver the investment needed to support country communities and grow the state's agricultural sector.

After a life-changing spinal cord injury at age 20, Sam Longmore is taking on her biggest challenge yet - a 441-kilometre wheelchair journey across regional NSW to help raise awareness and funds for the issue of rural mental health.

Authorities across Australia are urging producers and the public to remain alert as the situation regarding the H5 strain of high pathogenicity avian influenza continues to develop.

A Wagga Wagga man has been fined $12,000 and ordered to pay more than $30,000 in costs after operating an illegal knackery in southern New South Wales.

NSW Farmers has criticised the New South Wales State Budget, claiming it falls short of the investment needed to support the state's agricultural sector.