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SPARSE winter rains, and the prospect of more of the same over spring, across the Australian grain belt are contributing to the strength in global agricultural commodity prices, with the Westpac-NFF Commodity Index for August surging a whopping 25.4% on year-ago levels. While wheat has been in the vanguard of the price charge, reaching record […]
12 September 2007
IN 2005, the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) campaigned for, and secured, the $2 billion Australian Government Communications Fund as a perpetual plan that guarantees rural Australians get telecommunication service upgrades, continually into the future. “The Fund is perpetual in that the interest accrued on the $2 billion investment must be spent on upgrading telecommunications across […]
11 September 2007
THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) endorses signing of the OPEL Network’s wholesale broadband project contract, between the Australian Government and the Optus Elders joint venture. “The ability to access a metro-comparable quality broadband service is of paramount importance to farmers and rural communities,” NFF CEO Ben Fargher said. “When combined with the perpetual $2 billion […]
10 September 2007
AMID APEC leaders converging on Sydney this week, a new study reveals Australian agricultural and food exports to Korea could be slashed – in real terms, down 12.4% ($162 million) by 2030 – should Korea and the United States (US) ratify their Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) warned today. The NFF […]
4 September 2007
THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) is calling for nominations to recognise outstanding achievement under the ‘2007 Rural Trade Teacher of the Year Awards’, run in conjunction with the Institute for Trade Skills Excellence (the Institute). Three Awards – each worth $10,000 – aim to raise the profile of rural trade skill teaching and its importance […]
3 September 2007
Joint Media Release THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) and Australian Bankers’ Association (ABA) are encouraging farmers – especially those still awaiting winter rains – to keep in contact with their bank if they are concerned about their financial circumstances. The NFF and ABA have been in constant contact throughout the prolonged drought, discussing farmers’ circumstances, […]
THE NEW South Wales (NSW) Government must seize the opportunities gene technology poses for Australia’s agricultural production base – both in terms of better and more drought-resistant crops, and our long-term economic efficiency and competitiveness on the world stage. The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) says NSW farmers have been ‘left behind’ by an international marketplace […]
The NFF’s 29 August 2007 submission calls on the NSW Government to lift its moratorium on gene technology.
Tags: Farm Business
THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has driven initiatives to meet farming’s existing and future skills needs – and meet the surge in employment opportunities that will bring – as parts of the sector gear up to emerge from drought. “We recently brought home to the Australian Government the absolute necessity to attract apprentices and develop […]
31 August 2007
DESPITE the flowery rhetoric of yesterday’s policy launch, Labor’s unravelling of workplace relations laws in Australia, if elected, will be to the detriment of Australian employers and employees, alike – including those across agriculture, the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) warned. “Labor stubbornly refuses to recognise the surge in employment generated by the small business unfair […]
29 August 2007
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