NSW will allow Victorian farm workers to travel up to 100 kilometres across the border without the need to enter a 14-day quarantine period.

Wagga MP Joe McGirr said it was a sensible policy for farmers who were cut off from their land, animals and specialist services.

"I think [the permits] will address the concerns that have been raised...we have been really hammered on this issue, we have had a lot of people contacting us," he said.

"Clearly, people have been very concerned about the welfare of their stock and their businesses."

Permit holders will have to comply with strict conditions if staying overnight and stay isolated from the community outside of their work.

"I'm confident that if the guidelines are adhered to, we won't have anything to worry about," Dr McGirr said.

"The circumstances we are talking about are generally low risk; we are talking about farmers coming in to move stock and they are not going to come into contact with other people."

Earlier this month, NSW tightened the border closure rules and required almost all people entering NSW from outside the border regions to fly in via Sydney.

Most of Wagga's residential areas and Snowy Valleys council area are within 100 kilometres of the border due to the Murray River taking a northern turn past Albury.

Batlow orchardist Greg Mouat said the permits would help in finding workers to prepare apple trees for harvest in November if the border was still closed by then.

Victorian bee keeper Matt Gledhill, who has 300 hives at Griffith pollinating almond trees, said the new permits would not make much difference to him due to being outside the 100-kilometre zone.

"If there's a huge downpour of rain or the boxes get blown over, I can't get out there," he said.

"The almond producer has got to apply for a permit and then I have to fly to Sydney and drive out there.

"I'm not interested in the financial side, my main concern is animal welfare."

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NSW Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall said exemptions to the distance limit would be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Mr Marshall said the permits were "the first step towards allowing the critical agriculture sector on both sides of border to operate freely, as it needs to".

The list of people eligible for the new Service NSW permits includes veterinary and agribusiness consultants, forestry workers, livestock agents, wine producers, cross-border rural property landowners, and bushfire recovery workers.