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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NSW Landcare and Local Land Services conference
Get out to Broken Hill 22-24 Oct for this amazing conference. 2018 Bob Hawke Landcare Award winner Charlie Arnott is the keynote speaker while country music superstar Sara Storer will perform at the Silverton Hotel! Do not miss this event!
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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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Congratulations
Well done to the people of NSW on all they've achieved to improve agricultural production and environmental health in the past five years, despite challenging circumstances.
Media releases
- Stakeholders come together for demonstration day in the Willandra Lakes
16 October 2019 - All attention turns to Broken Hill for the 2019 NSW Landcare and Local Land Services conference
11 October 2019 - Opportunity for landholders to dive deeper into landscape management through workshop
24 September 2019
Events
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NSW Landcare and Local Land Services conference (Broken Hill)
22 October 2019
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Malleefowl Mound Monitoring Training (Buronga)
9 November 2019
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Sheep classing workshop (Ivanhoe)
15 November 2019
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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