A visit to the village of Booligal last week is a lesson in calm resilience, as townspeople and landholders alike resolutely go about their business, as the Lachlan River continues to rise around them.

According to a recently released study by the Australian Pig Doggers and Hunters Association (APDHA), recreational hunters could be removing more than 11,000 feral pigs weekly from the agricultural and natural environment across NSW.

Locally bred Avenpart Wildfire, at 12 weeks old, is jet setting across the globe, landing in Los Angeles, USA to meet her devoted new owners, and then off to Virginia.

A population of rare native yam daisies has been discovered on a travelling stock reserve (TSR) near Hay, with work underway from Riverina Local Land Services to protect the native plant.

Hay War Memorial High School Aberline Dorper and White Dorper Stud show teams enjoyed a massive success at the Melbourne show.

Hay Associated agents recently held the annual September sale on Friday 23rd September, with a combined total of 20,000 head with 14000 young ewes, 1000 ewe lambs, 630 2-year-old ewes, 400 4-year-old ewes and 2800 5-year-old ewes.

Hay Incorporated held a networking event for the Alumni of their Hay Inc Rural Education Program on Saturday evening.

Southern Valley Cotton Growers Association (SVCGA) has named Ron Harris from Ravensworth Agricultural Company its Grower of the Year at the annual awards dinner.

Hay Plains Landcare is excited to welcome Emma Johnston to the team.

While studying Conservation Ecosystem Management through TAFE, Emma will work as a Landcare school-based trainee.

Poo power - State funding totalling $1.5 has been awarded to UAG in partnership with Ravensworth Feedlot.

Hay Merino Sheep Show celebrates 70th year - photo gallery

Poll Boonoke performed strongly for the Riverina at the 2022 Hay Merino Sheep Show on Saturday.

Hay’s burgeoning wool industry has received a boost with news local girl and former national wool handling champion Kayla Garner to train the next generation of wool classers at TAFE NSW Hay.

The 2022 Riverina Field Days will be on again at Griffith Showgrounds on May 13 and 14 with a new sponsor for the next three years, Lowes Petroleum.

The region shared in two NSW Landcare Awards, when Nari Nari Tribal Council and Ivanhoe Central School were both announced as winners at an online award ceremony held last week.

Victorious grazing family - Marcus, Cassandra, Diane, Bill, Tom and Sarah Hooke of East Loddon Merinos are officially Australia’s best sheep farmers after taking out the The Weekly Times Coles Farmer of the Year award in the sheep section.

District stud breeders, Tom and Marcus Hooke are finalists in the 2021 Weekly Times Coles Farmer of the Year title.

Monte Barnes is off to Sydney Royal Easter Show following success at the Group 9 Young Judges competition held last week in Cootamundra.

After years of drought, Cotton Australia is forecasting the industry’s second largest crop on record due to favourable conditions across most of Australia’s cotton growing regions.

Spoonbills, ibis, egrets and herons are converging on the Great Cumbung Swamp for what promises to be a bumper breeding season.