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DESPITE global agricultural commodities at record prices – as the latest Westpac-NFF Commodity Index reveals prices 16% higher than a year ago – Australian farmers are beset by soaring farm input costs, persistent drought, labour shortages and a dollar that keeps climbing. Westpac’s Senior Agribusiness Economist, Justin Smirk said with Australian farmers exporting 61% of […]
30 June 2008
The NFF’s 15 June 2008 submission to the Australian Government’s Higher Education Review notes a major challenge in attracting and retaining people in agriculture-related careers and academic disciplines to replace the present number of baby-boomers nearing retirement.
Tags: Workforce
15 June 2008
The NFF’s June 2008 submission to the Government’s trade review renews the call for global trade reform. Agriculture remains the most distorted area of international goods trade globally, with average tariffs more than three times higher than in non-agricultural goods.
Tags: Biosecurity, health and welfare
10 June 2008
“UP TO 100 million people will be added each year to the world population in the lead up to 2030,” National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President David Crombie said. “While available agricultural land will remain limited, clearly we will need to feed a lot more mouths from those finite resources. “The NFF raised this very concern […]
5 June 2008
A NATIONAL Farmers’ Federation (NFF) detailed proposal for an Australian Government-backed ‘pilot programme’ under a new Seasonal Worker Visa to allow Pacific Islanders to fill entry-level positions in Australia’s horticultural sector – where 22,000 employees are needed – is under active consideration by the Government. “We are now awaiting Federal Cabinet consideration of the plan,” […]
“AUSTRALIA’S farmers occupy and manage 61% of Australia’s landmass,” National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President David Crombie said as the nation’s peak farm group marks World Environment Day. “As such, they are at the frontline in delivering environmental outcomes on behalf of the broader community. “At a time of global food insecurity, where prices are spiralling […]
4 June 2008
The NFF’s 4 June 2008 submission to the House of Representatives Inquiry into the impacts on coastal communities of climate change seeks to raise awareness of the tension between population pressures and land use change.
Tags: Environment
The NFF’s 4 June 2008 submission to the Council of Australian Government Murray-Darling Basin Water Reform Intergovernmental Agreement outlines the views of farmers and irrigators to the proposed concurrent legislation, consultation, Basin Community Committee, inclusion of on-farm projects and purchase of water from willing sellers.
Tags: Environment
THE May Westpac-NFF Commodity Index continues to record agricultural commodity prices at 22% higher than this time last year, despite a slight softening of prices as international buyers delayed purchasing additional stock on world markets. “Scarcity and record high prices for basic food items, such as wheat, precipitated violent riots in Egypt, Morocco, Senegal and […]
2 June 2008
IN THE midst of an escalating global food crisis – precipitating riots in several countries – Australian farmers are increasingly uneasy about the knee-jerk leap to trade distorting policies by foreign Governments in a misguided bid to lower their domestic food prices. The May Westpac-NFF Commodity Index recorded a global shift – dropping 5% – […]
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