Submission on the ‘Future Drought Fund: Drought Resilience Funding Plan 2020-24’

The NFF recommends that the Plan explicitly mentions the need for coherence and consistency with a national drought policy or plan, includes monitoring and evaluation of the initiatives that are funded under the Plan, and that the program designs are made available for public comment before they are used to guide allocations. DOWNLOAD PDF FILE

New year to deliver fairer deal for dairy farmers

Dairy farmers can look forward to a fairer new year and beyond with government and industry agreeing to the mandatory Dairy Code of Conduct. Coming into effect on 1 January, the Code seeks to even the playing field between dairy farmers and processors. At the heart of the code is the prohibition of unfair contract […]