News from Local Land Services

Western Local Land Services is set to undertake its spring aerial baiting program for the control of wild dogs.

Local Land Services is striving to offer the best advice and support for communities across NSW, and it wants to hear directly from landholders to ensure its services are hitting the mark now and into the future.

Local Land Services are advising sheep producers concerned about their flock's health to speak with an LLS District Veterinarian following confirmed cases of infertility in sheep in the Western region.

The Minns Labor Government has reasserted its commitment to strengthening the states resilience against biosecurity threats and welcomed the release of the Natural Resources Commission’s (NRC) final preliminary report into the ongoing biosecurity risks of introduced species.

The NSW Government today announced the easing of emergency zones in the Hawkesbury and around the ACT, as biosecurity clean up actions to eradicate high pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H7N8 strain enter the final phase.

Goat producers and stakeholders in Western NSW now have access to new and exciting resources which will enable them to take their goat business and the industry to the next level. A 10-part podcast series and 2 video case studies, featuring Western NSW landholders, goat business owners, technical experts and more, are now available and in the process of being promoted far and wide.

Local Land Services graduate program is offering 10 positions for graduates to make a positive impact in the natural resource management, agriculture and veterinary science fields.

The Minns Labor Government is continuing work to safeguard the future of New South Wales’s regional communities and agriculture sector, with a historic boost to the state’s primary industries research program.

Farmers and land managers in Greater Sydney can now access new, independent guidance and support to incorporate opportunities in natural capital markets and management into their farm business.

More than 8,700 feral pigs have been culled in the Murray and Riverina regions since the $13 million 2023/24 Feral Pig Program began in October 2023.