The Federal Minister for Agriculture has announced the Community Landcare Grants which are the small grants component of the Sustainable Agriculture stream of the Australian Government’s Caring for our Country initiative.

Wild dog, feral pig and fox control will be the topic of a Feral Animal Field Day held at the Glen Innes Showground from 9:30am to 3:30pm, on Friday 8th  February 2013.

GLENRAC’s Honey Locust control project is underway. This project is funded through the Australian Government’s Biodiversity Fund for the control of Honey Locust on the Mann & Severn Rivers. The project will include on ground chemical control of Honey Locust plants on these riparian zones over the next two years. The project will cover an area of 110km of river frontage on private and public lands.

Nominations are being called for the 2013 Regional Landcare Awards across the New England North West region. Innovative farmers, dedicated individuals and hardworking community organisations are just some of those being encouraged to enter the Awards.