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The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has laid down a bold vision for the industry: to exceed $100 billion in farm gate output by 2030. Based on our current trajectory, we know industry is forecast to reach $84 billion by 2030. This suggests that we still have significant work to do over the next 12 years […]
17 October 2018
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) says passage of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP-11) through the Australian Parliament will be an important test of the Parliament’s commitment to farm sector growth and trade liberalisation. President of the NFF, Fiona Simson, welcomed news that TPP-11 enabling legislation will be introduced to the Senate […]
15 October 2018
Today’s announcement by the Prime Minister asking farmers to report their employment needs is a shallow attempt at solving a deep problem. Of course we want Australians to fill jobs on Aussie farms. Farmers have been trying to do that for years. But the reality is this latest attempt is unlikely to bear fruit (or […]
13 October 2018
Power prices are still high, and the trend suggests that the extension of the political uncertainty around energy policy is not helping to reduce them. The NFF has been embedded in the energy debate focusing on electricity prices for some time, through which it seeks to address the so called energy trilemma of affordability, reliability […]
12 October 2018
“Drought not only hurts farmers and their businesses, it hurts small shops and service providers, rural communities and ultimately impacts on all Australians,” Ms Simson said. “The NFF congratulates the Federal Government on continuing to empower farmers and communities to work through and manage drought.” Ms Simson said banks provided critical services to help farmers […]
10 October 2018
The NFF’s 10 October 2018 submission responds to the Productivity Commission’s draft recommendations to improve the effectiveness of the implementation of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. These recommendations are critical moving forward into the implementation phase of the Plan. The NFF broadly supports recommendations in the report, but caution is needed to extended deadlines of water […]
Tags: Environment
Glyphosate (or RoundUp as it is commonly sold) is in the spotlight following claims it may cause cancer. The National Farmers’ Federation busts the myths and explains why the science doesn’t support this claim. What is glyphosate? Glyphosate is the active ingredient in the popular weed killer RoundUp, and about 500 other herbicide products. It’s […]
8 October 2018
National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President Fiona Simson said tonight’s ABC Four Corners’ titled ‘The Monsanto Papers’, placed disproportionate weight on unfounded ‘opinions’ when compared to that given to the established science. “The scientific evidence on glyphosate’s safety is clear and overwhelming. “Unfortunately, the opinions offered by a number of sources, did not draw on this evidence.” The Liverpool […]
While the NFF considers markets to be the primary arbiter of agricultural supply and demand, government regulation is needed to enable competition in parts of the agricultural supply chain where competition did not previously exist. Consequently, the NFF considers a “class exemption” for collective bargaining a potential way to address the structural inequalities in bargaining […]
Tags: Biosecurity, health and welfare
28 September 2018
Carting hay to livestock farmers in drought has become easier with approved load dimensions for hay trucks increased and standardised across states. NFF President Fiona Simon joined Prime Minister Scott Morrison at Royalla, just south of Canberra, this morning where the Drought Assistance Dimensions Exemption Notice was announced. The new Notice will harmonise load dimensions […]
20 September 2018
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