Record year for Australian Winter crop production

Australian Winter crop production is forecast to reach a new national record. ABARES Executive Director Dr Jared Greenville said the December Australian Crop Report forecasts 2021–22 Winter crop production to reach a record 58.4 million tonnes following favourable growing conditions over Spring. “The national record is driven by expected all-time high production in Western Australia…

Have your say on Princes Highway upgrade

Locals are invited to have their say on the first six-kilometre section of the Princes Highway upgrade between Jervis Bay Road and Sussex Inlet Road to help deliver a safer, more reliable journey for all motorists. This section of the Princes Highway, between Jervis Bay Road and Hawken Road, is the highest priority for upgrade…

Christmas comes early for fishers

Fishers’ festivities will kick off tomorrow with the opening of the Murray Cod fishing season. Nationals Minister for Agriculture Adam Marshall said the opening of the season follows the annual three-month breeding closure as well as a record number of recent Murray Cod stockings, which bolstered populations in NSW lakes and rivers after years of…