Members of the Morrison shearing team were treated to silver service on the weekend, by the Murray family, of Trilby Station.

Hay celebrated the completion of more than $1 million in community infrastructure and sporting facilities with a recent visit from Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional NSW, Paul Toole to officially open the projects.

It is the end of an era for Booligal Public School which closes next week.

Reader Poll - What is your favourite part of The Grazier?

The founder of a movement to form a separate Riverina State hosted a public information meeting in Hay last Thursday.

Wakool resident and former National Party member David Landini shared his disillusionment with the current representation of country people in NSW.

Industrial land, freight movement and housing development are all included in Hay Shire Council’s updated Aerodrome Master Plan.

The plan is now ready for community consultation and also includes general aviation and biodiversity offsets.

Emma Johnston and Daniel Green win NSW Scout of the Year Awards.

Hay’s Rainbow on the Plains Festival now holds the national record for the biggest human rainbow, after snatching the record from the Victorian town of Daylesford. Image: Brett Naseby

The Murrumbidgee River peaked at Hay last Wednesday November 16 at a height of 9.11 metres. The height was just below the expected peak of 9.20 metres, and at the time of writing (Monday November 21) the recorded height was 8.73 metres and falling.

Sam Harrison’s floral spring outfit (above left) caught the eyes of the judges in the 2022 Fashions on the Field on race day. Sam was sashed Hay Jockey Club Lady of the Day with Greta Stonier runner-up. Greta wore a smart outfit in white and gold.

Familiar names head up an innovative push to incorporate biofertiliser, biocontrol and biostimulant products for agricultural purposes.

Ben Barlow, former owner of “Ulonga”, on the One Tree plain, is now the Managing Director of New Edge Microbials, and with a 20-year history of success behind the business, NEM now holds a 45 per cent market share across Australia.

The river at Hay is expected to peak today at 9.2m with further peaks anticipated in coming weeks.

The peak in 2012 was 8.99m.

Hay’s Halloween fun - photo gallery

La Nina is set to end in February, according to the senior meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), after a record-breaking October in many parts of the eastern states.

The Riverine Grazier has partnered with Hay RSL Sub Branch to bring the community together in an ANZAC project.

The Murrumbidgee River at Hay peaked at 8.68 metres on Friday and is currently falling, while the Lachlan River reached 3.22 last Thursday. Both rivers failed to meet the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) revised predictions.

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.

Our town is surrounded by floods and road closures as wet weather and rising rivers across the region dominate the news, but Hay is well prepared, according to Hay Shire Council General Manager David Webb.

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.