15 Jan 2024
- QFF alongside industry and community groups continue to call for the scrapping of a proposed Carbon Capture and Storage project in the Great Artesian Basin. Groundwater modelling contained in the Glencore project’s Environmental Impact Statement suggest unsafe levels of arsenic, lead and cadmium, and other metals, will be mobilised following the injection of CO2 into a water producing aquifer. Read more here.
- The federal government has announced that the Hon Dr Craig Emmerson will lead the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct review amidst growing concerns of supermarket price gouging leaving a significant gap between supermarket prices and what farmers get paid. Rachel Chambers, CEO of Queensland Fruit & Vegetable Growers, spoke to the ABC about the upcoming review and industry’s strong desire for the code to be made mandatory. Listen here.
- If your farm has been impacted by the recent South East Queensland storms, you can now apply for financial assistance that includes concessional loans to help you with your business recovery. Primary producers can also report damage or losses via the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries’ Disaster Impact Survey.
- Cotton Australia’s 2024 Australian Cotton Leadership Program participants have been announced, with six Queenslanders among the 16 people from the cotton industry selected for the program. Learn more here.
- There is still time for Queensland water entitlement holders in the Queensland Murray-Darling Basin to receive a fully subsidised telemetry device – cutting-edge, professionally installed, with a year of free data services. Learn more and register here.
- The Ag Apprenticeship Project is currently conducting a survey to obtain industry feedback regarding the viability of an apprenticeship for Livestock, Broadacre and Dairy. Share your thoughts here by Sunday, 28 January 2024.
- eastAUSmilk continue to advocate on behalf of their members for a stronger future for the dairy industry. Read more about their 2023 advocacy outcomes, and goals for 2024 here.
- AgriFutures Australia will be hosting the Asia Pacific’s premier agrifood innovation event, evokeAG. in Perth, Western Australia from 20-21 February 2024. The event brings together thought leaders and change makers in agriculture, food manufacturing, research, innovation, investment, and policy to build connections for a more resilient, productive, and profitable agricultural sector and value chain. Tickets are now on sale here.
- The 2024 Australia Day Lamb ad has been released, this year with a satirical focus on the generation gap and the unifying power of coming together to the table over food. Watch this “BBQ for the Ages” here.
- The Industry Kickstarter grant is offered by the UQ Agri-Food Innovation Alliance to help academics and industry conduct co-designed and collaborative research that will have a clear pathway of impact within the agri-food sector. Grants ranging from to $10,000 to $30,000 are available for projects of up to 6 months. Expressions of interest close Friday, 26 January 2024. Learn more here.
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