- QFF and industry members celebrated Queensland’s integral role in Australia’s agricultural story as part of National Agriculture Day on 20 November 2020. Read QFF’s media statement HERE.
- QFF is calling on the Queensland Government to review the rates approaches and safeguards of other Australian jurisdictions with a view to creating a fairer funding model for regional councils as well as a review of the effectiveness of protections for all rate payers. Read QFF’s Queensland Country Life column HERE.
- Growers are getting weary of regular misleading or unbalanced articles going to press about the labour conditions in the horticulture industry. They’re also growing increasingly annoyed with the myth being peddled that they refuse to employ Australians. Read more from QFF industry member Growcom HERE.
- Did you know long-term monitoring shows the cotton industry’s significant improvements in water efficiency over time? Water-use productivity by Australian cotton growers improved by 48 per cent since 1992. Read more from Cotton Australia HERE.
- CANEGROWERS farmer Chris O’Kane was recently featured on Terrain NRM’s Digging In podcast about fallow trials on his family’s farm, what’s in their special fallow mix and why they’re putting soil health at the forefront of their farming practices. Listen HERE.
- Primary producers affected by the Queensland Bushfires, Sept-Dec 2019 may be eligible for Emergency Bushfire Response in Primary Industries Grants of up to $75,000 through QRIDA to help with the costs associated with the disaster event. Applications close 31 December 2020. Details HERE.
- The results of Healthy Land and Water’s Report Card are in. Learn more about the health of your catchment, discover on-ground work happening in your area, and find out how you can help keep South East Queensland’s waterways clean and healthy HERE.
- The National Drought and North Queensland Flood Response and Recovery Agency is hitting the road this week stopping in at Roma, St George and Goondiwindi to make it easier for communities to access support and information while living through the immediate and longer-term effects of drought. Details HERE.
- Consumers are being encouraged to buy from the bush to support regional Queensland this Christmas. Buy from the Bush Queensland is bringing a range of products and gifts to the city for shoppers to purchase at a Christmas Popup Shop in New Farm from 28 November to 12 December. Details HERE.
- The warming of Australia’s climate, declining rainfall in the southeast and southwest, an increase in extreme fire weather, and rising sea levels have been identified as key trends in the State of the Climate 2020 report released by the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO More HERE.