24 Aug 2026
- This National Biosecurity Week, QFF and Biosecurity Queensland are encouraging business leaders to incorporate biosecurity management into their risk register through the Biosecurity in the Boardroom initiative. Read more here. Biosecurity remains a heightened priority, with Australia recording its first case of H5 bird flu in a mammal over the weekend. Read more here.
- QFF joined agricultural leaders from across the country at Parliament House in Canberra last week to celebrate the sector reaching $100 billion in farmgate output four years ahead of schedule - and to begin the conversation about the next national north star for Australian agriculture. Read more here.
- Australia has reached a turning point in the push for a national biofuels industry, with CANEGROWERS joining industry leaders at Federation Mall last week to build on the Federal Government’s cleaner fuels announcement and help ensure the opportunity delivers for growers. Read more here.
- Cotton Australia and Cotton Research & Development Corporation's ground-up redesign of myBMP is on track and moving into its next phase. The plan is for myBMP to become a farm-level certification, benchmarked against the Better Cotton Initiative and the Textile Exchange Materials Matter Standard. Read more here.
- eastAUSmilk have published a media release describing the threat facing the Rozynski dairy farm as the first test of commitment to the Queensland Dairy Plan and calling on the Queensland public to support the industry. Read more here.
- The Farm safety calendar competition is now open! Queensland primary school students are encouraged to draw and colour a picture to illustrate a farm safety message. 12 winning entries will feature in the 2027 Farm safety calendar that will be distributed throughout Queensland. Winning students will also receive a $250 gift card and $500 for their school. Read more here.
- Understanding your energy use and emissions is no longer just about ESG, it is now a practical way to improve profitability, strengthen your position with customers, and manage risk. QFF Corporate Partner Power Tynan has published an article on understanding this business advantage. Read it here.
- QFF and our project partners are hosting a webinar on Thursday 17 September discussing UQ HailNet - a project aiming to establish a long-term, scientifically robust hail monitoring system across South-East Queensland and the Darling Downs Learn more and register here.
- CANEGROWERS is working with Gold Coast sugarcane farmers as they navigate the forthcoming closure of the Rocky Point sugar mill at the end of the 2027 season. Read more here.
- New research from the Regional Australia Institute (RAI) has found Australia is trying to solve its productivity crisis without properly measuring where much of the nation's productivity is created, leaving decision makers without the full picture when designing economic policy. Read the Regional Productivity Solutions report here.