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In an increasingly digitally connected and enabled world, access to telecommunications is no longer a luxury; in agriculture, the increased emergence of cloud-based platforms and mobile applications requires connectivity in-paddock as well as at home.
This guide is designed to assist farmers better to understand the key phrases used in the on-farm, AgTech and connectivity sectors as they are relevant to agricultural operations. We want this guide to be a key reference point for industry to use, providing a basis for consistent use of language across the sector to assist farmers, and their technology advisers, to navigate the constantly evolving world of connectivity. Working together, we can help to lift the digital capability of Australia’s farmers to ensure that they are adequately supported to adopt digital solutions into their farming business.
This guide has been developed in consultation and with input from a range of industry stakeholders, and we would like to thank them for contributing to this work and sharing their insights for the benefit of Australian farmers.
The Australian Farm Data Code (the Code) was developed and adopted by the National Farmers’ Federation in consultation with industry.
The Code is intended to inform the policies of service providers who manage data on behalf of farmers. It is also a yardstick by which farmers can evaluate the policies of those providers.
Benefits to farmers include:
Benefits for service providers include:
More information about the RRRCC can be found in the information booklet, here.
Significant challenges continue to undermine town water security, particularly in regional and remote areas of the Murray-Darling Basin. In these regions, regulatory and funding constraints have
The below is the opening statement by National Farmers’ Federation’s Telecommunications Committee Chair, Peter Thompson, who appeared at the Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee
Nearly 30 groups representing small, medium and large businesses, and universities, that employ millions of Australians, are calling on all governments to cut regulatory costs
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