1 June 2026
- Last week QFF announced that after four and a half years at the helm, Jo Sheppard will step down as CEO from mid-July 2026. Ms Sheppard has overseen a period of growth and organisational maturity, underlined by a constant focus on aligning QFF’s operations with the priorities of its peak body members. Read more here.
- The National Farmers’ Federation is disappointed the Federal Government has introduced its tax reform legislation without explicitly committing to review the outdated small business Capital Gains Tax (CGT) concession thresholds. Read more here.
- CANEGROWERS says Queensland’s sugar industry should be focused on future opportunities – not reopening old grower–miller disputes the Sugar Code of Conduct was introduced to help resolve. Read more here.
- Cotton Australia’s popular Teach the Teacher program is currently being rolled out across cotton-growing communities in New South Wales and Queensland’s Darling Downs region. Read more here.
- As Brisbane prepares for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games Greenlife Industry Queensland is calling for urban greening and living infrastructure to be treated as essential city-building – not an afterthought. Read more here.
- eastAUSmilk has highlighted a Darling Downs member’s approach to dairy farming, which focuses on mixed pasture and crop species as an alternative to fertilisers and to encourage water infiltration and retention within the soil profile. Read more here.
- Through QFF's Corporate Partnership with Mitsubishi Motors, National Fleet pricing with Mitsubishi Diamond Advantage (10/10/10) is offered to Queensland Farmers' Federation peak body members for all eligible new Mitsubishi Motors vehicles. Terms and conditions apply. Access the offer here.
- QFF’s latest President’s Column discusses recent Federal Government decisions which are undercutting the confidence of Queensland farmers who are navigating an unprecedented operating environment. Read more here.
- ABC Landline has profiled Australia’s only commercial agave farm, based in Bowen Queensland. A growing number of producers are experimenting with growing agave and potential for the succulent goes far beyond spirits. Watch it here.
- QFF is hosting a Tips and Tools for Tough Times workshop for farmers in Tamborine Mountain on Thursday 18 June through the Farm Business Resilience Program. Register here. QFF’s Industry Recovery and Resilience Officers (IRROs) will also be attending the session. Learn more here.