NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
NSW DPIRD
NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is the first-order subnational public authority responsible for agriculture in New South Wales.
- Jurisdiction
- New South Wales
- Government level
- State
- Authority type
- Department
- Status
- Active
Visit the official websitehttps://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au
Responsibilities
Each item below is recorded from the authority’s own published material, not inferred from its name.
- Farm policy
Primary industries is a named portfolio of the department, which holds the state agriculture function.
Source: NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
- Rural development
Regional development is a named portfolio of the same department.
Source: NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
Why this body is recorded
Official name of the body responsible in New South Wales.
- Official source
- NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional DevelopmentNSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development
- Source page
- https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au
- What the source says
- “NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development”(official name)
- Standing
- Verified against the sourcelast verified 2026-08-19
- The department publishes on the legacy dpi.nsw.gov.au domain under its current Primary Industries and Regional Development title; the earlier NSW Department of Primary Industries name is retained as an alias.
Evidence shows what an official source published and what AgricultureID made of it. The two are always shown separately: quoted text is the source’s own, and a normalised value is AgricultureID’s vocabulary, not a quotation.
Sources and verification
Official government site loaded in a real browser on 2026-08-19; it resolved with HTTP 200 identifying the body as NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.
Verified 2026-08-19 against https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au · domain classification: Official government portal
Important limitations
- The department publishes on the legacy dpi.nsw.gov.au domain under its current Primary Industries and Regional Development title; the earlier NSW Department of Primary Industries name is retained as an alias.