14 Oct 2024
- Cotton Australiais celebrating the Australian cotton industry for achieving new levels of best practice farm operation and improving its international reputation for sustainably grown cotton thanks to an increased take-up of the myBMP program. The latest figures show that an estimated 45% of the Australian cotton crop will be myBMP certified this season. Learn more here.
- Canegrowers are leading a bold campaign championing Queensland’s opportunity for a transformative new biofuels industry. Show your support here.
- Join QFF and The Demographics Group’s Bernard Salt, one of Australia’s leading social commentators, for a compelling breakfast event to better understand the demographic factors likely to shape ‘Australia 2025’ and what this means for the agriculture sector, regional communities and the Queensland economy. Book tickets here.
- Nearly 95 per cent of Australians are not eating their recommended servings of vegetables leading to health concerns and the impacts this downward trend in consumption is having on farmers. Read more here.
- The Queensland Government is reviewing the planning framework to identify opportunities to generate more competition in the grocery sector. A Consultation Paper is now available for public comment here until 12 November 2024.
- Following the passage of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions and Other Measures) Bill 2023through the House of Representatives, the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) is once again warning Parliamentarians of the Bill’s consequences on thousands of family farms and small businesses. Read more here.
- The Rural Economic Development (RED) Grants offers up to $200,000 as a co-contribution grant to strengthen primary production sectors and bolster rural communities. Learn more and apply here. Expressions of interest close on 22 November 2024.
- Industry and government have welcomed a delay of Europe’s deforestration rules. The rules would impose complex due diligence requirements, creating technical barriers for a range of Australian agricultural products, potentially affecting $234 million in Australian exports. Read more here.
- Supermarkets have dropped their milk price for the first time since 2011, with dairy farmers concerned these drops could signal a new milk price war between retailers. Read more here.
- Kay Tommerup from Tommerup’s Dairy farm in the Scenic Rim, joined the small business Big Stories podcast to share the remarkable journey of her family’s 150-year-old farm and discuss the challenges of diversification in relation to agritourism, the importance of authenticity in business, and how embracing change saved their farm.
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