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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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
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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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Media releases
- Aboriginal and local communities celebrate NAIDOC Week in the Western region
18 July 2018 - Annual land and stock return more valuable than you think
17 July 2018 - NSW landholders without stock asked to complete annual livestock ‘census’
11 July 2018
Events
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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