Inquiry Into Agribusiness Managed Investment Schemes: Submission
The NFF’s 26 June 2009 submission examines the collapse of two of the largest Managed Investment Scheme (MIS) operators – intensifying the focus on the MIS mechanism and how appropriate it is (or isn’t) for rural Australia. The NFF is concerned about the exponential growth in MIS forestry projects and believes that in many instances, […]
Trade plays vital role in farm price recovery
AS THE Cairns Group Ministers kick-started the Doha Development Round talks in Bali this month, the Westpac-NFF Commodity Index demonstrates the important role that trade plays for the world’s farmers. During May, dairy was one of only two commodities to experience declining prices as global trade distortions within the sector escalated. “The uninhibited flow of […]