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- The Murray Darling Basin Royal Commission, established by the South Australian Government, has handed down its report after investigating the operations and effectiveness of the Murray-Darling Basin system. Read the report HERE.
- The Bureau of Meteorology has released a series of Climate Guides to help farmers by providing a localised information about the likelihood, severity and duration of key weather variables across Queensland. Find more information HERE.
- Leading Queensland’s intensive, semi-intensive and irrigated agriculture industries into a sustainable, productive and profitable future will be the focus of QFF’s new leadership team. Meet CEO Dr Georgina Davis and President Allan Dingle HERE.
- According to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, natural disasters and the impact of climate change will put unprecedented pressure on the stable availability of food supplies. QFF has created a policy framework for disaster resilience planning for the state’s agriculture sector. Read it HERE.
- Ever wondered what a meat chicken farm looks like, particularly from the inside? Or what a farmer’s day to day activities are? Peak body, the Australian Chicken Meat Federation has made it possible to take a ‘virtual’ tour led by the farmers themselves. Take a look HERE.
- The Queensland agriculture sector came together to celebrate the valuable contributions of outgoing QFF CEO Travis Tobin and President Stuart Armitage last week. QFF thanks them for their expertise and commitment and wish them the very best as they move onto new challenges. Check out the photo gallery HERE.
- In Queensland, we continue to see the permanent loss of the best farm land in the state to manufacturing, industrial uses, urban sprawl, services, utilities, and increasingly, mining. Read QFF’s Queensland Country Life column HERE.
- QFF will partner with the Great Barrier Reef Foundation to deliver two new water quality projects that will support the efforts of farmers and others working with the agricultural sector to safeguard the future of the Reef. QFF’s media statement HERE.
- If Reef regulations are passed by Parliament there will be a degree of disillusionment and disengagement across agriculture. At a time when we all need to be pulling in the same direction, this is something the Reef can ill afford. Read QFF’s Queensland Country Life column HERE.
- QFF industry member CANEGROWERS has created an interactive map of Queensland’s cane farming districts to shine a light on the collaborative relationship between sugarcane growers and scientists working together for improved water quality for the Great Barrier Reef. Check it out HERE.