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NFF President Jock Laurie and his family hosted a city family on their farm at Walcha in North West NSW for FarmDay 2011. Concord residents Mark and Rachel Batkin and their children, Amy, 12, and Nathan, 9, spent a weekend with the Laurie family, learning about life on the land as part of the FarmDay […]
3 July 2011
Australian cotton farming families will still face a 5.5 percent cut to their farm net income following the imposition of a carbon tax, despite the Government’s claim that agriculture will be excluded. Independent research produced by the Australian Farm Institute for Cotton Australia and the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF), modelled the impact of an economy-wide […]
1 July 2011
The NFF’s 30 June 2011 supplementary submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Murray-Darling Basin: Mining Coal Seam Gas summarises the NFF’s key issues regarding the impacts of mining and coal seam gas on the Murray-Darling Basin. This Submission also makes a number of suggestions to resolve some of the key issues relating to communication, […]
Tags: Environment
30 June 2011
The National Farmers’ Federation has welcomed the release of the issues paper into the National Food Plan as a step towards securing a sustainable food supply chain system. “The NFF has been actively working on the issues of food scarcity and food security for many years, and we welcome the opportunity to contribute to the […]
24 June 2011
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) and the Australian livestock industry are committed to working with the Government to improve animal welfare standards in live exports and resume trade to the Indonesian market as soon as possible. While all livestock producers agree that measures must be put in place to ensure that Australian livestock are treated […]
23 June 2011
Today’s anti-dumping announcement is good news for Australian farmers, says the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF), as it will ensure the system will become more efficient and transparent. Chair of the NFF Trade Committee, David Crombie, says that Australian farmers depend on a rigorous anti-dumping system so they can continue to compete on a level playing […]
The latest edition of the NFFs flagship publication, the Annual Review, is now available. Click on more information below to view the 2010-11 NFF Annual Review.
22 June 2011
Farmers will no longer be in the dark on their agribusiness loan rates, with the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) today releasing the first NFF Agribusiness Loan Monitor. The Monitor compares the agribusiness loan rates of the major banks and other financial institutions to shed light on bank rates and products, helping farmers and rural business […]
21 June 2011
Australia’s livestock industry has reaffirmed its commitment to working with the Australian Government, foreign governments and commercial partners to deliver animal welfare improvements in our export markets. These partnerships have made considerable investment and improvement to animal welfare, however we recognise the need for further reform. The Industry-Government Working Group on Live Exports and the […]
20 June 2011
A scare campaign on the use of pesticides in Australian agriculture is misleading and does not tell the full story, the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has said today. “A campaign being run by various health and consumer groups is inaccurately claiming that Australia is using unsafe pesticides in food production,” NFF Vice-President Duncan Fraser said. […]
16 June 2011
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