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A report out today by AgriFutures quantifies the capital drought constraining Australian agriculture’s growth and identifies the main barriers to investment. The Capital requirements of Australia’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Sector report says the sector will need to find $8.7 billion in new investment this decade to reach the National Farmers’ Federation-led target of $100 […]
22 February 2021
Today’s decision by the ANZ Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation to slash the rating for pure, fresh Australian fruit and vegetable juices has failed Australian growers. National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) Chief Executive Tony Mahar described the decision to apply lower Health Star Ratings to fresh juices than those given to chemical-laden diet soft-drinks as baffling. […]
12 February 2021
A proposal to halve the Health Star Rating of fresh 100% Australian orange juice defies logic and threatens to send a worrying message to all Australians, NFF CEO Tony Mahar says.“It simply doesn’t pass the common-sense test that freshly squeezed orange juice, with no added sugars or preservatives, is facing a downgraded Health Star Rating […]
10 February 2021
The NFF’s climate policy is clear: farming and agriculture cannot be worse off going forward with any carbon commitments or emissions reduction schemes. The NFF has a clear climate change policy that supports an economy-wide NCZ 2050 target with two clear caveats – that there is an economically viable pathway forward and agriculture is not […]
8 February 2021
Farmers have provided a detailed list of what Government can do to propel the sector’s contribution to Australia’s COVID-19 economic recovery and to support a continued prosperous future. Headlining the NFF’s 2021-2022 pre-budget submission is a call for Government to invest in the development of a long-term agriculture trade strategy. “Recent disruptions will cost the […]
5 February 2021
The scarcity of seasonal workers continues to impact growers as crop losses climb to over $45 million this week. The labour shortage is a result of Federal and state government decisions to restrict the movement of people through the Australian border in order to manage the human health impacts of COVID-19. Sixty-five separate crop losses […]
4 February 2021
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) welcomes the release of the final report of the second Independent Statutory Review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, led by Professor Graeme Samuel AC. “The NFF has been seeking reform of the Act for more than a decade and the final report provides a pathway for […]
28 January 2021
As an industry that relies on diesel for the majority of its energy use, agriculture requires a secure supply of liquid fuel to ensure its operations can proceed uninterrupted. With approximately 89% of Australia’s food supply being sourced from Australian farms, a shortage of liquid fuels will hinder the industry in its efforts to produce […]
Tags: Farm Business
27 January 2021
Federal and state farming bodies are calling on National Cabinet to end the stalemate and agree on a consistent and safe approach to quarantine arrangements for foreign workers. The National Farmers Federation is supported in its call by its state-based members: AgForce Queensland Farmers Ltd, NSW Farmers, NT Farmers, Primary Producers South Australia, Tasmanian Farmers & […]
21 January 2021
The National Farmers’ Federation has counselled the Australian Workers Union to get the facts before grandstanding on issues they clearly know nothing about. “Ill-informed claims about the underpayment of shearers are baseless and reek of shameful opportunism, a pattern of behaviour that unfortunately, during the pandemic, we have come to expect from the AWU,” NFF […]
18 January 2021
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