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Ross Wells OAM honoured as 2025 Hay Merino Sheep Show Ambassador
Hay Merino Sheep Show crowned Collinsville as the Supreme Champion and the South Australian Stud swooped the biggest prizes at the 73rd show.
Hay stud Woodpark Poll took the honours in the unhoused section and Poll Bonoke took out champion hogget.
Local landcare groups and Wiradjuri Cultural Burns Team deliver hands-on workshop teaching 60,000-year-old fire management techniques to modern land managers.
Vegetation protection on farms is vital for soil health, but Stacey and Ian Lugsdin also discovered a rare plant - once thought extinct - on their farm. The Winged Peppercress herb has been found on sandhills near Gunbar, NSW.
Dr Ben Gooden and Caroline Delaisse visited Hay recently, to present the rust fungus success story at the Riverina Local Land Services forum.
The fungus is being used by the CSIRO, in the fight against noxious weed, the African Boxthorn.
Image: CSIRO
A quiet revolution is brewing in the world of food, and it's not happening in the paddocks – it's in the pharmacies.
New weight-loss drugs, like the much-talked-about Ozempic, are not only helping individuals shed pounds but are also prompting experts to consider a seismic shift in our food systems, potentially even more significant than the impacts of climate change.
The Australian Government has released figures pertaining to more than $89 million water purchasing contracts for the period March 1 to April 14. Total purchases over the past six week total $210 million.
District water holders have taken advantage of the government buyback scheme, with local agricultural businesses Hazeldean, Budgewah Pastoral Co and M and T Mirabelli listed on the Austender CW website.
Highly respected rural education program Hay Inc has welcomed its latest cohort of students, in its 11th year.
The program teaches young people hand-on skills, from local industry experts and has grown to include an alumni group.
Read about the programs success, by Hay Inc’s own Sandra Ireson.
Hay Grains storage facility in east Hay has changed hands, after JEK Rural Investments purchased the depot.
Deniliquin-based Paul and Jenny Fellows have owned the business for the past seven years and say they have enjoyed their time as part of the business community.
“Jenny and I have enjoyed our time with Hay Grains and the relationships we’ve made and loyalty we have seen from customers,” Paul Fellows told The Riverine Grazier.