29 Aug 2016
- Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce has announced an ACCC investigation into Australian dairy industry after last week’s Dairy Symposium in which QFF industry member Queensland Dairyfarmers’ Orgnaisation (QDO) attended.
- Reef Alliance Chair and former QFF interim CEO Ruth Wade will be addressing the Rural Press Club on ‘Farming and the Great Barrier Reef‘ 15 September 2016. Details & tickets HERE.
- QFF has called on the State Government to clarify its strategic direction and focus for delivering affordable electricity prices for farmers and people living in regional and rural Queensland. Full statement HERE.
- ‘Common sense prevails on Veg, but what next?’ – Read QFF President Stuart Armitage’s QCL column on the future of Vegetation Management in Queensland.
- QFF industry member Cotton Australia has called on the Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) to improve transparency and release crucial data on impact on affected communities.
- New research shows that Australia will become a less attractive if the proposed backpacker tax goes ahead. 60% of respondents said they would not have visited Australia if the tax had been 32.5%.
- See the latest QFF Energy Savers case study from Aspley Nursery with an actual 28% energy saving. See the latest agricultural energy efficiency case studies HERE.
- Banana growers across Australia have voted in favour of a levy increase to fund the buy-out of the farm at the centre of the Panama disease tropical race 4 (TR4)outbreak.
- QFF Energy Savers has three field days coming up in September:
– Australian Pork: Energy Workshop – Toowoomba 1/9.
– Cotton Australia: Solar Pumping & Energy Efficiency – Darling Downs 7/9.
– Nursery & Garden (NGIQ): Farm management energy – Aspley 15/9. - QFF Reef Alliance partner Terrian NRM is advertising for a number of Wet Tropics Sugar Industry Partnership roles (A partnership between sugar industry organisations and NRM). These roles are mostly extension roles available to assist in the roll out the Reef Trust Phase III Programme in the Wet Tropics. Details HERE.
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