Amelia Bernasconi

The head of a peak NSW farming body has called for practical biosecurity solutions to deal with fire ants, instead of "people swanning around" on overseas research trips.

Farmers across New South Wales have described widespread rain falling across much of the state as a crucial and timely break.

Owners of champion race mare Winx have confirmed she is pregnant again, this time to Arrowfield stud stallion Snitzel.

The first foal out of legendary race mare Winx has sold for a staggering $10 million at auction.

Owners of a former coal-fired power station in rural Australia are looking to weeds to help fuel its second lease on life as the nation's largest modern biomass generator.

Invasive native scrub is being touted as an energy source for a biomass plant in a former coal-fired power station in the Hunter Valley.

Environmental activist group Blockade Australia has staged more than a dozen protests on the Hunter rail line since Tuesday.

Landholders have knocked back tens of thousands of dollars to host turbines as about 40 per cent of approved renewable projects do not proceed to completion.

Rural news and events from New South Wales and the nation.