Farmers await findings of ACCC Grocery Inquiry
THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) is looking forward to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) providing the results of its much-anticipated Grocery Price Inquiry to the Australian Government tomorrow. “Farmers are, quite literally, at the bottom of the food supply chain,” NFF Vice-President Charles Burke said. “Once our produce leaves the farm we have […]
Breakdown of WTO negotiations another lost opportunity
THE breakdown of negotiations in the Doha Round of World Trade Organisation (WTO) trade talks is another dismal result for Australia’s farmers and agricultural exporters, and a huge lost opportunity for the world’s hungry,” National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President David Crombie said. “The collapse, caused by hard-line demands for unacceptable flexibilities in agricultural and non-agricultural […]