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NATIONAL Farmers’ Federation (NFF) Vice-President Charles Burke will today present to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC’s) Grocery Pricing Inquiry between 1-5pm at Rydges Lakeside, London Circuit, in Canberra. The NFF will assert that consumers – feeling the pinch of rising food bills – are entitled to know what is driving higher grocery prices. […]
8 April 2008
TODAY the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) released the first in a series of targeted initiatives to fix a shortfall of 100,000 employees across the farm sector – its Workforce from Abroad Employment Scheme. “This builds on our broader strategy under the Labour Shortage Action Plan (released last week) by specifically profiling and targeting horticulture, which […]
7 April 2008
AUSTRALIAN farmers – across all states – are being asked to throw open their gates to a city family for a day in May as part of breaking down barriers to metropolitan understanding about modern farm practices. Farm Day provides unique hands-on experiences and insight, along with the ability to answer all those “where does […]
The NFF’s April 2008 submission to the Senate Select Committee on Agriculture and Related Industries notes that fertiliser and chemical prices have more than doubled over the last 12 months – eating into farmer margins and coming on top of mounting costs – forcing farmers to adjust their production systems, often at the expense of […]
Tags: Farm Business
TODAY the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) released its blueprint for overcoming the chronic labour crisis that plagues regional Australia, with the warning that when farmers emerge from drought some 100,000 new employees will be needed to return to pre-drought production levels. The NFF’s Labour Shortage Action Plan (the Plan) makes 42 recommendations to address the […]
3 April 2008
The NFF’s 3 April 2008 submission to COAG’s Draft Report of Chemicals of Security Concern recognises that two years of industry consultation by Government has developed a workable framework for managing this important security issue. The NFF welcomes a transparent and cost-effective management framework that builds in consultation with industry as a permanent feature of […]
Tags: Farm Business
THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) is calling on Australian farmers to team up with their local schools in establishing Trade Training Centres – newly funded on-campus learning centres that give students stimulating hands-on experience in agricultural trades. An initiative of the Australian Government, the scheme gives local secondary schools the opportunity to apply for funding […]
2 April 2008
The NFF’s 20 March 2008 submission to the APVMA assesses the draft Operating Principles in Relation to Spray Drift Risk. As well as providing feedback and raising concerns with the Australian Government, the NFF outlines its own plan to drive improved management of spray drift through awareness-raising and a whole of industry approach.
Tags: Farm Business
28 March 2008
HIGH international agricultural commodity prices are giving Australian farmers good reason to be optimistic about 2008, however failure to adequately manage rising input costs could erode their ability to capitalise on improved conditions, according to the latest results from the Westpac-NFF Commodity Index. The Index recorded a fresh 20-year high in global agricultural prices this […]
20 March 2008
CONSUMERS – increasingly attuned to rising food bills – are justified in wanting to know what is driving higher food prices. Likewise, Australian farmers are just as eager for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to get to the bottom of where the money is going, the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) said today. “The […]
17 March 2008
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