Good rhetoric, now time for action on agriculture
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has welcomed the comments from the Prime Minister, the Hon. Julia Gillard, from Mexico overnight regarding the need to improve agriculture and food production. Speaking at the launch of a joint foreign aid program for agriculture in Los Cabos, the Prime Minister said that agriculture needs “better agricultural productivity, more […]
Five banks pass on rate cuts to farmers, June Monitor shows
After two Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) interest rate cuts in two months and repeated calls from the farm sector to reduce agribusiness loan rates, five financial lenders have passed on some cuts to their agribusiness customers, the June Agribusiness Loan Monitor has found. Released today by the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF), the June Monitor […]