28 Apr 2025
- Sugarcane growers and industry stakeholders from across Queensland and beyond have converged on Brisbane this week for Canegrowers’ Sugar Cubed 2025 at the RNA International Convention Centre to spark fresh ideas and foster new connections across the sugarcane supply chain. Read more here.
- The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has welcomed bipartisan support for a $2.5 million commitment to save lives on farms following a heartbreaking year of fatalities. Read more here.
- Cotton Australia is calling on cotton picker owners – whether they be growers or contractors – and growers seeking contractors, to add their details to the CA Website’s Pick N Match pageamid concerns about the shortage of pickers in some regions. Read more here.
- The Queensland government has released a draft 25-year blueprint for Queensland agriculture and is seeking input from industry and stakeholders. QFF joins other peak industry bodies in encouraging all those interested to provide their feedback to help shape the completion of this important strategy. Read the draft blueprint and have your say here.
- QFF CEO Jo Sheppard recently appeared on the emPOWER Podcast discussing the intersection of agriculture, energy and regional communities. Listen here.
- Save the date: Tickets are now on sale for the 2025 Surat Basin Coexistence Symposium in Dalby on Thursday, 31 July 2025. Hosted by the Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise (TSBE), the symposium will feature guest speakers from AgriFutures, QFF, the Queensland Renewable Energy Council and more. Book your tickets here.
- Join QFF for a Farm Business Resilience Program masterclass on 12 June in Dalby covering key topics from the ‘Walking the Wire’ resource for rural agribusiness women. Read more and register here.
- A case of Japanese encephalitis virus has been recorded in a Central Queensland pig, following detections in Southeast Queensland two months ago. Read more here.
- NFF has issued a warning that increasingly complex labour laws are restricting access to the workers agriculture needs, placing Australia’s food security, farm viability, and regional economies at risk. Read more here.
- The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) is conducting a review of the Australian chicken meat industry and the relationship between growers and integrated producers. Have your say here.
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