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Muswellbrook truckie Len Kelman is heading back up the Upper Hunter to help drought-stricken farmers. Len was a part of the last convoy of trucks that made their way to Victoria...

The price of hay and feed is going up, up, up in New South Wales if you can even get your hands on it. Worse still, hay could run out in...

Belltrees farmer Anto White in Scone with Deputy Premier John Barilaro and Upper Hunter MP Michael Johnsen. As drought conditions in the Upper Hunter worsen, Belltrees farmer Anto White believes now...

All of NSW, 100 per cent of it is now in drought.  The Department of Primary Industries has updated their drought indicator this week which shows 62 per cent of NSW is...

Chezzi Denyer and her husband Grant are ambassadors for Rural Aid and they've been on the ground helping out wherever they can.  The issue of mental health has increased dramatically in...

Hunter MP Joel Fitzgibbon has welcomed the drought support for the few farmers he says it will assist. The Turnbull Government announced over the weekend a $190 million package which includes...

Shane Worrall is filling a truck for farmers.  He's not doing it lightly either, he has walked away from his job to do this because it has gotten that big. What started out...

Brian Egan says the recent announcements from the Federal Government for drought-stricken farmers is too little, too late.  The drought has tightened its grip on Australia and farmers are suffering more...

The Federal Government has made a drought announcement that includes lump sum payments to drought-stricken farmers. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull made the announcement this morning on a property in central New...

Rural Aid's Buy A Bale campaign will soon be an option on the Return and Earn Reverse Vending Machines across New South Wales.  The company behind the machines, TOMRA, made the...