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The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has expressed its extreme disappointment at last week’s ‘look at me’ politics where at least four motions were moved in relation to the Murray Darling Basin, including by South Australian Senators Patrick, Hanson-Young and Storer. Today, the idiocy continues with Centre Alliance MP Rebecca Sharkie moving the same foolish ‘ban […]
18 February 2019
The National Farmers’ Federation says a decision by Woolworths to do away with $1 per litre milk was welcome news for dairy farmers. “Today Woolworths has demonstrated it understands the pain the $1 milk disaster inflicted on farmers and is willing to begin to unwind the hurt caused,” CEO Tony Mahar said. Woolworths announced it […]
Keep the cap, that’s the message from the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) and hundreds of concerned Basin residents who signed a petition overnight to oppose (another) shortsighted Greens stunt. In a bid to further politicise the Murray Darling Basin Plan, Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, introduced a motion calling for the removal of the 1500 gigalitre […]
13 February 2019
The National Farmers’ Federation led a meeting between Australian farm representatives and European Union Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan in Canberra today. The meeting included delegates spanning the red meat, grain, dairy, pork, wool, wine, sugar and horticulture sectors. Commissioner Hogan was in Canberra as part of a five-day multi-city visit to Australia. NFF President Fiona […]
A new report released today by the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions has found that the agricultural cost of weeds is on average, $4.8 billion per year, or $13 million a day. National Farmers’ Federation Chief Executive Officer, Tony Mahar said the figure was up 20% from the last comprehensive national economic analysis carried out […]
11 February 2019
A new initiative designed to assist farmers to better understand and comply with heavy vehicle regulations was launched today in Murray Bridge, South Australia. “Chain of Responsibility… Made Easy!” was developed by the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) and Grain Producers South Australia (GPSA). The initiative is designed to eliminate the confusion and frustration farmers often […]
6 February 2019
The NFF has consulted its member organisations on the proposed regulatory options and agrees with the view of Sheep Producers Australia and the Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council that option two (prohibition from 1 June to 14 September to all ports, with additional prohibited periods for Qatar and Oman) is the best regulatory approach, subject to […]
5 February 2019
National Farmers’ Federation President, Fiona Simson said a thought bubble from the Centre Alliance Party to ban cotton exports had exposed its representatives as uneducated on basic economics and out of touch with regional Australia. “The shadow of an impending federal election has the Centre Alliance Party acting nothing short of hysterical. “Senator Patrick’s stunt […]
4 February 2019
The National Farmers’ Federation has welcomed the Government’s commitment to establish a Farm Debt Mediation Scheme as part of its response to recommendations from the Banking Royal Commission. The Government also endorsed recommendations by Royal Commissioner Justice Kenneth Hayne to give special consideration to distressed agricultural loans. “The Royal Commission shone a bright light on […]
The NFF has today received the South Australia Royal Commissioner’s report into the Murray Darling Basin. The report, at 746 pages, will take some time to digest. NFF President Fiona Simson noted that the report focuses on the legal validity of the Plan and is unnervingly emotive, not what would normally be expected from a […]
1 February 2019
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