{"id":23806,"date":"2023-11-04T11:56:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T11:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=23806"},"modified":"2023-11-04T11:56:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T11:56:49","slug":"nsw-government-trucking-in-emergency-fodder-for-tenterfield-fire-affected-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/11\/04\/nsw-government-trucking-in-emergency-fodder-for-tenterfield-fire-affected-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW Government trucking in emergency fodder for Tenterfield fire-affected farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The NSW Government has today trucked in an initial 200 tonnes of emergency feed to Tenterfield so farmers impacted by the local fires can access feed. The fodder supplies are being trucked into Tenterfield due to the minimal local supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and Local Land Services (LLS) are operating an Agricultural and Animal Services Functional Area (AASFA) in the Tenterfield area so that emergency assistance can be offered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistance available for farmers includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Emergency fodder<\/li><li>Emergency stock water (where there is an immediate animal welfare concern)<\/li><li>Animal assessment and veterinary assistance<\/li><li>Stock euthanasia and burial<\/li><li>Livestock feeding and management advice<\/li><li>Care of animals including pets and companion animals in evacuation centres.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Landholders must register their requests for emergency fodder by contacting the Agricultural and Animal Services hotline on&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:1800 814 647\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1800 814 647launch<\/a>&nbsp;to access support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once a landholder registers for emergency fodder, AASFA will urgently assess their need and contact them to schedule a pickup from a local distribution point or arrange a delivery time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Primary producers should report damage including stock and fodder losses, damage to crops, pastures, fencing and other farm infrastructure through the Natural Disaster Damage Survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will ensure we understand the severity and distribution of the damage and can target resources and assistance in the appropriate areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Minister for Agriculture, Tara Moriarty said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe NSW Government is moving quickly to ensure farmers in Tenterfield have what they need, including fodder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have received 58 requests for assistance, this includes 51 requests for fodder, five for emergency stock water, and two for animal assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is in addition to 207 tonnes of emergency fodder that was distributed to fire affected landholders in the Kempsey area last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI encourage landholders with animal welfare related issues to contact the Agriculture and Animal Services Hotline on&nbsp;<a href=\"tel:1800 814 647\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1800 814 647launch<\/a>&nbsp;to access support.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NSW Government has today trucked in an initial 200 tonnes of emergency feed to Tenterfield so farmers impacted by the local fires can access feed. The fodder supplies are being trucked into Tenterfield due to the minimal local supplies. The NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and Local Land Services (LLS) are operating an &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/11\/04\/nsw-government-trucking-in-emergency-fodder-for-tenterfield-fire-affected-farmers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NSW Government trucking in emergency fodder for Tenterfield fire-affected farmers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23807,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23806\/revisions\/23807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}