25 Aug 2025
Last week QFF launched the Intensive Animal Industries Queensland Roadmap 2025–2035. The roadmap was developed through extensive consultation between industry leaders, government, researchers and peak bodies and sets a unified pathway for the pork, poultry, dairy and feedlot sectors to manage challenges, support food security, and drive sustainable growth. Read more here.
It is National Biosecurity Week. A chance to demystify biosecurity and show that it’s really about protecting the things we all value. Read more here. QFF have partnered with Biosecurity Queensland to deliver the Biosecurity in the Boardroom initiative, to start a conversation with sectors outside of agriculture about why biosecurity matters to their business.
The 2025/26 cotton season has begun for some growers with the first planting underway around Emerald in the Central Highlands, and in an interesting twist, many have just finished picking last season’s cotton. Read more here. Meanwhile cotton growers in Far North Queensland have nearly doubled their yield on last year. Read more here.
Burdekin cane growers will have their say when a parliamentary inquiry into the future of the sugar industry holds a public hearing in Townsville on 10 September. Read more here.
On Wednesday, 3 September CarbonLink are running a webinar discussing Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions with real-world examples and how emissions, ACCUs and markets connect. Register here.
Greenlife Industry Queensland (GIQ) has launched its brand-new annual publication, Greenlife Living, designed to showcase the value of Queensland’s retail nurseries and garden centres. Read it here.
Primary producers are invited to free Property Fire Management Planning Workshops across regional Queensland in September. Read more and register here.
Telstra have launched the Regional and 3G Helpline to provide fast, reliable support from people who understand the realities of living and working in regional and remote Australia. Call 1800 990 853 any day of the week between 7am to 11pm AEST. Read more about the helpline here.
Regional Industry Working Groups have started meeting in Toowoomba to start shaping five-year action plans for their regions under Prosper 2050. The plan will support the Queensland Government’s goal to grow primary production to $30 billion by 2030. Read more here.
Five months after the devastating floods in outback Queensland local events and returning tourists have played a vital role in lifting community morale, with agritourism helping support recovery across the region. Read more here. If you have always wanted to see the outback wildflowers in full bloom, now is the time to head West!