Western
Key agricultural activities in our arid region are wool growing, cotton, grains, grapes and stone fruits. There is also increasing goat and sheep meat production.
Updates
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Drought
Farmers having trouble accessing online RAA forms for the drought transport subsidies can get access to the online forms at these Local Land Services Offices
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Agriculture
The NSW Government has approved changes to licenses to reduce kangaroo numbers. These changes are effective from 8 August 2018. Find out more here.
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Drought
Look up what events are happening across the state and find out what support is available.
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Droughthub
DroughtHub provides a one-stop online destination for information on a vast range of services and support available to primary producers, their families and communities to prepare for and manage drought conditions.
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Online learning
Sheep Solutions' Geoff Duddy presented an informative and practical webinar about 'funny feeds' and what to look out for when considering feeding by-products and other unusual feedstuffs to your livestock.
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Social Media
'Like' our Facebook page to stay up to date with news, resources and events across the Western Local Region.
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Pest animal control
We've worked with regional pest animal committees and the community to develop regional strategic pest animal management plans in each of our 11 Local Land Sevices regions. Read your local plan.
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communication
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Vacancies
We are seeking applications for Local Board members in Northern Tablelands, North West, South East, Western, Central Tablelands, Hunter and Murray LLS regions. Click here for more information and to download a board recruitment package.
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Find out about the new land management framework - a balanced approach to rural land management and biodiversity conservation in NSW.
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DroughtHub is an online portal for information on services and support available to prepare for and manage drought conditions.
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Grazing Management PrinciplesTen broad principles have been identified that lead to the sustainable management of land for grazing in the Western Rangelands and maintain the unique biodiversity of the Western Local Region Read More