News from Local Land Services

With dry seasonal conditions being experienced across much of the state, Local Land Services is urging producers to act early on feral pig control. 

Local Land Services is reminding landholders across regional NSW to report locust sightings immediately to reduce the risk of damaging infestations this coming spring. 

Hunter Local Land Services is inviting small acreage landholders to take part in a two-day permaculture design workshop in Scone this June, following strong demand for its recent Small Farms Series.

In a major assault on feral deer in western NSW, the Minns Labor Government is targeting large swathes of private land and national park to proactively prevent the spread of the destructive pest.

Horticultural producers on the North Coast are being encouraged to strengthen on-farm nutrient management, with innovative woodchip bioreactors proving their effectiveness in significantly reducing fertiliser pollution entering local waterways.

Record-breaking saleyard numbers at Scone, Tamworth, and Dubbo signals that cattle producers are selling down, with Hunter Local Land Services (LLS) urging landholders to keep making these proactive decisions as conditions tighten moving into winter.

Orange hawkweed eradication efforts in Kosciuszko National Park have been supercharged by the NSW Government’s Good Neighbours Program.

North Coast Local Land Services and Port Macquarie Hastings Council (PMHC) are partnering to launch a new GPS collaring program aimed at improving the management of feral deer across the region. The program will be carried out by staff from the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions and North Coast Local Land Services.

The NSW Government’s Local Land Services has partnered with First Nations communities and the Australian National University (ANU) to expand a successful cultural burning research program.

Greater Sydney Local Land Services is inviting landholders to attend an upcoming one-day forum focused on sustainable agriculture, natural capital and the future of farming on Sydney’s urban fringe.