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Mid West shires to co-ordinate Cyclone Seroja rebuild | Farm Weekly

State recovery control officer, Melissa Pexton, who is also a Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) deputy commissioner and has led the recovery effort since day one, took her hat off to the local shires in the region, who she said had shown “outstanding leadership” throughout the recovery process. Click to check the original […]

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Martin Aldridge seeks audit on Cyclone Seroja recovery efforts | Farm Weekly

Following severe storms and flooding in NSW in February and March last year, the NSW Government, which also utilised the Commonwealth’s DRFA program in its response, established a disaster recovery support website which provides up to date statistics on the amount of grants received, approved, undergoing assessment and the number of applications denied as well […]

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NSW Labor Government urged to connect with rural communities | The Land

In addition, the incoming government must act with urgency to stimulate rural, regional, and remote job creation, and decentralisation, ensure funding for NSW country roads devasted by recent natural disasters, improve disaster relief and recovery support, and the simplification of aid application, ensure funding for biosecurity including pest and weed eradication, ensure equitable access to […]

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XtendFlex cotton shaping up to be a winner | Queensland Country Life

“The results we’re seeing are either very similar, if not slightly better than the current varieties we have, but if you couple that with a bit better fibre quality in some of these varieties, the cotton bunchy top resistance, and possibly looking like some better disease tolerances to verticillium and fusarium, along with the chemical […]

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Biden administration announces over $1 billion in new grants

USDA announced it is investing $1 billion in grants to help agriculture producers and rural small businesses make energy-efficient improvements. The grants will be funded by the Inflation Reduction Act and allocated through the Rural Energy for America Program. USDA began accepting applications for this program on April 1. White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi says […]

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