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2012
| Monday 20 February 2012 | Woolworths joins NFFs's Blueprint campaign The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has today welcomed on board a new major partner in the Blueprint for Australian Agriculture: Woolworths. NFF President Jock Laurie said that this will ensure the Blueprint accurately captures the issues, challenges, opportunities and risks facing the entire agricultural supply chain in the long term: from farm to fork. |
| Thursday 16 February 2012 | Agricultural commodities: December quarter A quarterly report containing an overview of the performance of and prospects for the Australian rural sector, with forecasts for the major agriculture, fisheries and forestry industries and comprehensive statistical tables covering production, exports, imports, costs, prices and macroeconomic indicators. |
| Thursday 9 February 2012 | Rural Skills Australia supports shearers WA Shearing Industry Association (WASI) executive officer Vicki Gates said the industry had been liasing with Rural Skills Australia to get all of the shearing industry skills on the skills shortages list and to look into the possibility of introducing migrant workers into the industry. |
| Tuesday 7 February 2012 | NFF Blueprint for Australian Agriculture From this week, the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) will be collecting the views of Australia’s 140,000 farmers and the wider supply chain in order to develop the Blueprint for Australian Agriculture. “The Blueprint is designed to set the future direction for the farming sector by hearing from the farmers, transporters, processors, retailers, agriculture teachers, agronomists, small business owners – in short, anyone with a stake in Australian agriculture,” NFF President Jock Laurie said. |
| Friday 3 February 2012 | National Rural Health Alliance on cancer On World Cancer Day (4th February) let’s spare a thought for those in rural and remote areas who bear a disproportionate share of the burden of the disease in Australia. The further from a major city patients with cancer live, the more likely they are to die within five years of diagnosis. A 2004 study found that for prostate and cervical cancers, remote patients in NSW were up to three times more likely to die within five years of diagnosis than those living in more accessible areas. |
| Tuesday 31 January 2012 | NFF roundtable on education, skills and labour With some 100,000 jobs currently available in agriculture, the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) will this week convene an Industry Roundtable on the issues of education, skills and labour shortages. NFF President Jock Laurie says the Roundtable, which will see 50 industry, government and education representatives come together in Canberra on Friday, aims to find practical solutions to issues that have long plagued the agricultural industry. |
| Tuesday 17 January 2012 | 'Critical' NFF budget submission Continued Government investment is critical to ensuring the future of the agricultural sector, the head of the peak national farming organisation said today. In releasing the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) 2012-13 Federal Budget Submission, NFF President Jock Laurie called on the Government to secure funding for key agricultural programs for the coming year. |
| Sunday 8 January 2012 | First boatload of cattle for 2012 The first boatload of 7,500 Australian cattle to Indonesia has left the port of Darwin in the Northern Territory. The Indonesian government has issued import permits for 60,000 head of cattle for the first quarter of 2012. |
2011
| Monday 12 December 2011 | Young people in education and training 2010 Training or uni? The choices young people make 12 December 2011 More teenage girls than boys head off to university, where as more teenage boys than girls choose vocational education and training (VET). Published by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), Young people in education and training 2010 provides a picture of how many and where young people (aged 15 to 19 years) study. |
| Wednesday 7 December 2011 | Apprentice and trainee statistics 2011 The National Centre for Vocational Education Research has released the Australian apprentice and trainee statistics for the June quarter 2011. In total there were 462 400 apprentices and trainees in-training as at the end of June 2011, an increase of 5.2% from the previous year. Comparing apprentice and trainee activity in the year to 30 June 2011 with the year to 30 June 2010: the number of people commencing in trades occupations increased by 3.8% the number of people commencing in non-trades occupations increased by 11.5% the number of people completing apprenticeships and traineeships increased by 5.1%. |
| Thursday 1 December 2011 | Croplife newsletter Ensuring global food security for the world’s growing population is a priority for the plant science industry. Although Australia is capable of producing more than enough food for our own needs, there is now an obligation for all agricultural exporting nations to produce even more, while using fewer natural resources. |
| Monday 28 November 2011 | Murray-Darling Basin Authority plan online The Authority Chair, Craig Knowles said the draft Basin Plan was the next step in restoring balance to the basin. "After nine months of talking to people across the Basin and listening to their ideas I am confident we can move toward a sensible and balanced plan." |
| Friday 25 November 2011 | Wheat Export News Despite the drought in Western Australia and a wet harvest in the Eastern States, Australia exported a record 18.5 million tonnes of wheat in the 2010/11 marketing year1. This is half a million tonnes higher than in 2003/04, the previous record year. |
| Thursday 24 November 2011 | Senate report: supports live export markets A Senate inquiry into the live export trade has rejected calls to end the industry. |
| Thursday 24 November 2011 | ABS: Principal Agricultural Commodities This publication contains preliminary estimates of principal agricultural commodities and livestock numbers for 2010-11, which were collected as part of the 2011 Agricultural Census. |
| Wednesday 16 November 2011 | New chiefs for livestock bodies Australia's Cattle and Sheepmeat Councils have elected new chairs. Ian McColl, a prime lamb producer from NSW, is the new chair of the Sheepmeat Council, replacing Kate Joseph. Andrew Olgilvie, a South Australian hereford producer, has been appointed chair of the Cattle Council, replacing Greg Brown. |
| Monday 14 November 2011 | Economic survey of vegetable growing farms This report contains results from the most recent survey of Australian vegetable growers conducted by ABARES between February and August 2011 on behalf of Horticulture Australia Limited. This is the fifth survey of Australian vegetable growers conducted by ABARES. Comprehensive data on the physical, financial and socioeconomic characteristics of vegetable growing farms in 2009-10 and some provisional projection data for 2010-11 were collected as part of this survey. |
| Thursday 10 November 2011 | Skills and Workforce Development 2010 As Australia has emerged from the global financial crisis, there has been considerable public discussion over the challenges facing its labour force. These include our ageing population; growing skills shortages and gaps; lagging workforce productivity and innovation; and the imperative to remain internationally competitive. Commonwealth and State and Territory governments have all recognised the need to give greater attention to workforce development in coming years. |
| Monday 7 November 2011 | Locust Bulletin November 2011 The Locust Bulletin is produced each month during the spring—autumn period and includes a general summary for each major locust species, details of known distributions with regional forecasts, and maps of locust distributions and rainfall events. |
| Thursday 3 November 2011 | Jock Laurie returned as President of the NFF Walcha farmer Jock Laurie has been returned as the President of the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) for a second term at the NFF Members’ Council meeting and AGM in Canberra. |
| Thursday 27 October 2011 | 7 billion mouths to feed: farmers ready With the world population expected to reach seven billion people on Monday, the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has backed calls for Australian agricultural know-how to play a leading role in curbing the world food crisis. |
| Thursday 27 October 2011 | NFF submission on EPBC Act offsets policy The NFF welcomes the opportunity to make a submission on proposals by the Australian Government to finalise an EPBC Act offsets policy, introduce EPBC Act cost recovery, a new Biodiversity policy and the proposed National Centre for Cooperation on Environment and Development. |
| Monday 24 October 2011 | Road to VET paved with good intentions Over 90% of students who enrol in a vocational education and training (VET) course plan to finish it, yet previous estimates show about 28%* of courses are likely to be completed. For the first time, the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) has conducted the Student Intentions Survey to inform debate around completion rates. |
| Friday 21 October 2011 | Report into the live export trade The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has today welcomed the Federal Government’s continued support for the future of Australia’s live export trade. NFF President Jock Laurie said the Government has made a joint commitment with the Australian livestock industry to improve animal welfare standards in overseas markets, securing the long-term sustainability of the trade. “Today, the Government has shown its commitment to working with industry to improve standards and support an industry that is incredibly important to northern Australia,” Mr Laurie said. “The farmers and families who rely on the live export trade for their livelihoods – cattle and sheep producers, truck drivers, contractors, small businesses and many Indigenous Australians – have today been assured that this industry will continue. |
| Tuesday 18 October 2011 | ABARES 2011 Regional Outlook conference One week to go so register today for the ABARES Darwin Regional Outlook conference on Wednesday 26 October and hear from 12 speakers across four sessions on the economic, agricultural, environmental and regional issues relevant to your region. |
| Tuesday 11 October 2011 | Health boost in bush: grants available Rural and remote health professionals, clinics and rural private hospitals have been invited by the Australian Government to apply for grants of up to $500,000 to improve their local health equipment or build new facilities. |
| Tuesday 11 October 2011 | ABS environment and agriculture survey Since the inception of the Environment and Agriculture Statistical Program, statistical collections have continued to evolve alongside changing information needs of users. The demand for an expanded view of agriculture data at lower geographical areas has continued to increase, alongside a growing need for environmental data related to climate change, land use, and clean energy initiatives. |
| Tuesday 11 October 2011 | NFF pays tribute to farm leader, Peter Kenny The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has paid tribute to former AgForce President and NFF Board Director, Peter Kenny, who passed away over the weekend after a long battle with cancer. NFF President Jock Laurie said Mr Kenny was a true farm leader with a long involvement in, and passion for, Australian agriculture. |
| Friday 7 October 2011 | Rural industry needs workers: Geoff Bloom Geoff Bloom, from Rural Skills Australia, says regional industries need Federal Government assistance to help train more workers. "The mining industry has a lot of assistance to train people. We have current systems, but I think we've been forgotten a bit," he said. "Agriculture still produces 12 per cent of GDP, and to make that grow, we'll need workers." |
| Tuesday 4 October 2011 | 2012 RIRDC Rural Women’s Awards Rural women have just two weeks remaining to get their applications in for the 2012 RIRDC Rural Women’s Award. |
| Tuesday 4 October 2011 | NFF: Blueprint for Australian Agriculture, Farmers, agribusinesses, regional communities and the wider food and fibre supply chain will have the opportunity to shape the future of Australia’s farming sector under the Blueprint for Australian Agriculture, launched today by the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF), Westpac and the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the Hon. Joe Ludwig. |
| Monday 26 September 2011 | Rural news: ABC roundup One of the nation's largest resources project is to set to get underway, with Chevron formally approving the $25 billion Wheatstone project in Western Australia's Pilbara region. Federal Resources Minister Martin Ferguson and WA Premier Colin Barnett made the announcement in Perth. |
| Monday 19 September 2011 | ABARES Regional Outlook conference The sixth ABARES Regional Outlook conference for 2011 will be held in Launceston, Tasmania, on Wednesday 28 September. |
| Thursday 15 September 2011 | Grants for young rural innovators Grants of up to $22,000 are on offer as part of the 2012 Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. |
| Wednesday 14 September 2011 | ABARES: public investment in R&D Public investment in research and development and extension has been a major driver of broadacre productivity growth over the past 50 years, according to the report Public investment in agricultural R&D and extension: an analysis of the static and dynamic effects on Australian broadacre productivity. |
| Tuesday 13 September 2011 | Nuffield scholar, Rob Egerton-Warburton EMBRACING diversity can lead not only to more profitable farms, but also to more sustainable rural communities, according to Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) sponsored Nuffield scholar, Rob Egerton-Warburton. |
| Friday 9 September 2011 | ABS 'The Agriculture Newsletter Highlights what's been going down and what's coming up in the ABS Agricultural Statistics Program |
| Monday 5 September 2011 | Farmers: most pessimistic in 2 years Farmers are the most pessimistic in over two years because of government policies and global economic uncertainty, according to a private survey. |
| Sunday 4 September 2011 | NFF welcome drought-proofing pilot The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has today welcomed the release of the review into the drought pilot currently underway in Western Australia. |
| Friday 2 September 2011 | Cuts to big rural research programs Three major, multi-million-dollar farm industry research programs have had their funding slashed by the Federal Government. The Beef Genetics, Cotton Catchment Communities and Forestry Cooperative Research Centres have all had their bids for funding rejected. |
| Thursday 1 September 2011 | NFF calls for debate about agriculture The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has today drawn attention to the role of agriculture in domestic and global food security, as the coal seam gas issue intensifies. As the Federal, State and Local governments prepare to meet in Canberra tomorrow for COAG, NFF President Jock Laurie is urging them to set aside a time during the next meeting to address this issue with relevant stakeholders. |
| Tuesday 30 August 2011 | GrainGrowers joins NFF The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has today announced that GrainGrowers Limited has joined the national peak farm body as a Commodity Council Member. |
| Wednesday 17 August 2011 | NZ apples allowed in This Biosecurity Australia Advice notifies stakeholders that Australia’s Director of Animal and Plant Quarantine has determined a policy for the import of apples from New Zealand. |
| Wednesday 17 August 2011 | Rural job pathways: The Australian THERE has recently been attention given to different education pathways being taken by rural men and women (The Weekend Australian, July 30-31). It raised an alarm bell with me because it cast becoming a skilled tradesperson a rather poor second to becoming a university graduate. |
| Tuesday 16 August 2011 | Nominations open for Rural Women’s Award THE Victorian Coalition Government is urging inspiring rural women to put their hand up for the 2012 Rural Women’s Award. Minister for Agriculture and Food Security Peter Walsh said the award was designed to recognise and encourage the vital contribution women make to rural Victoria and Australia |
| Monday 15 August 2011 | Rural news: ABC roundup Latest ABC coverage of rural news |
| Monday 15 August 2011 | NCVER reviews VET teacher qualifications The Certificate IV in Training and Education can serve new teachers in the vocational education and training (VET) sector well, but only if its delivery is properly regulated. So concludes Hugh Guthrie in his survey of initial VET teacher training, which has been released by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) today. |
| Monday 15 August 2011 | NFF calls for landholder rights over mining The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has today called for greater landholder protection and negotiation rights in land access agreements between farmers and mining and coal seam gas (CSG) companies. |
| Wednesday 10 August 2011 | NFF welcomes help for cattle producers The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Agriculture, Senator Joe Ludwig, that some $70 million in assistance will be provided to cattle producers affected by the livestock export trade suspension. |
| Friday 5 August 2011 | Foreign workers changing rural Australia THE image of the sun-bronzed Australian farmer may be fading with agricultural workers increasingly likely to be from Estonia, Taiwan and Korea than the Outback as the labour crisis hits the sector. |
| Thursday 4 August 2011 | RSA Newsletter for August Outlines most recent RSA projects online |
| Tuesday 2 August 2011 | ABARES Survey of beef cattle producers Results of the survey undertaken 24 June to 1 July 2011 following the suspension of trade to Indonesia of cattle intended for slaughter |
| Thursday 28 July 2011 | ABS: Value of Agricultural Commodities Gross value of agricultural commodities at national and state level.Includes: Cattle and calves, sheep and lambs, pigs and poultry, wool, milk and eggs. |
| Wednesday 27 July 2011 | NFF: Aussie farmers contribute billions New figures released by the Federal Government show that Australian farmers contributed over $43 billion in gross production value to the Australian economy over the past year, says the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF). |
| Saturday 23 July 2011 | Orange pickers turning grey They're fit, they're mobile and they could soon become the solution to rural Australia's growing labour shortage. Grey nomads are often associated with large caravans and slow driving but these mobile retirees also form an important source of labour in the rural sector. |
| Thursday 21 July 2011 | Info about the hendra virus National pest and disease outbreak |
| Monday 11 July 2011 | Carbon tax hits rural industry A wide range of farming industries are concerned about the extra costs the carbon tax may impose on power and fuel. Grower groups say there will be more vegetables imported into Australia as a result of the carbon tax. |
| Thursday 7 July 2011 | Live cattle exports Ministerial statement on the resumption of live cattle exports to Indonesia. |
| Monday 4 July 2011 | ABARES commodities outlook This paper presents the current ABARES commodities outlook and the recent financial performance ofa number of key agricultural industries in Victoria. In particular, farm survey results on the performanceof broadacre beef, sheep, grain and dairy farms in Victoria are compared with the national performance. |
| Monday 4 July 2011 | ABARES survey of broadacre and dairy The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) today began its annual surveys of broadacre and dairy farms. |
| Friday 24 June 2011 | NFF backs National Food Plan 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. |
| Thursday 23 June 2011 | ABARES' Regional Outlook conference ABARES is holding the third Regional Outlook conference for 2011 on Thursday 30 June in Warragul, Victoria, followed by the Victorian Agribusiness Summit on Friday 1 July, hosted by Agribusiness Gippsland. |
| Tuesday 21 June 2011 | ABS: Latest land/farm management stats 4627.0 - Land Management and Farming in Australia, 2009-10 |
| Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Bank of I.D.E.A.S for rural enterprises Bank of I.D.E.A.S. |
| Tuesday 31 May 2011 | ABS: Value of Agricultural Commodities The ABS issued 'Value of Agricultural Commodities Produced, Australia, 2009-10'. |
| Saturday 28 May 2011 | ABC Rural Report Rural Report for South East Australia: Victoria Gippsland and NSW Southeast. Friday, May 27th, 2011 with Keva Gocher By Keva Gocher, Bega |
| Thursday 26 May 2011 | ABARES report on broadacre cropping According to ABARES traditional productivity indicators (total factor productivity or TFP), productivity growth has historically been strong in the broadacre cropping sector. However, over the last decade, a significant slowdown in productivity growth has been observed. Interpreting these productivity trends and identifying potential policy responses remains difficult due to two key measurement issues. This study introduces two advances to ABARES standard TFP index methodology for measuring productivity change: the production of a climate-adjusted productivity index; and the decomposition of aggregate productivity change into several key pathways. |
| Tuesday 24 May 2011 | Agriculture Newsletter, May 2011 Agriculture Newsletter, May 2011 |
| Tuesday 24 May 2011 | AgriFood Environmental Scan launched Agrifood Skills Australia issues its 2011 Environmental Scan |
| Tuesday 17 May 2011 | Rural news: ABC roundup Rural news: ABC roundup |
| Tuesday 17 May 2011 | RIRDC Rural Women’s Award Six state winners vie for 2011 RIRDC Rural Women’s Award |
| Monday 16 May 2011 | ABARES - Wheat use and stock held Wheat Use and Stocks, Australia, Mar 2011 |
| Wednesday 11 May 2011 | NFF response to the Budget NFF response to the Budget |
| Thursday 5 May 2011 | Free rural financial counselling service Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, today announced that the Gillard Government will extend Rural Financial Counselling Services across Australia for a further four years. |
| Wednesday 4 May 2011 | NFF wants commitment to rural R&D The National Farmers Federation (NFF) today urged the Government to reinforce its commitment to rural research and development funding. |
| Wednesday 27 April 2011 | Rural news: ABC roundup ABC rural news roundup |
| Wednesday 27 April 2011 | Gazette for pesticides and vet medicines Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority issues gazteet notices |
| Thursday 21 April 2011 | Primary Industries Ministerial Council Primary industries ministers from around Australia met in Brisbane on Friday, 15 April 2011, to consider issues affecting Australia’s primary production sectors. |
| Thursday 21 April 2011 | Skill shortages cripple rural Australia Rural and remote Australia is facing one of their toughest challenges - recruiting workers. ABC's Leigh Sales went on assignment to Roma in Queensland where the region is grappling with a skills shortage. |
| Wednesday 20 April 2011 | ABARES: Australian farm survey results Profile of the financial performance of farm businesses in the grains, livestock and dairy industries. |
| Tuesday 19 April 2011 | National Literacy and Numeracy report COAG Reform Council's first report on the National Partnership Agreement on Literacy and Numeracy |
| Monday 18 April 2011 | AusVeg Conference, address by Minister Speech by Senator Joe Ludwig Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry AusVeg Conference, Brisbane 16 April 2011 |
| Tuesday 12 April 2011 | NFF submission on farm chemicals NFF Statement on A National Scheme for Assessment, Registration and Control of Use of Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals |
| Thursday 31 March 2011 | NFF on Sustainable Population Strategy NFF submission to Sustainable Population Strategy |
| Monday 21 March 2011 | ABS update Livestock Products Australia The ABS updated 'Livestock Products, Australia, Dec 2010'. |
| Friday 11 March 2011 | DAFF list of annual grants Public publishing of individual grant details on the internet from 1 January 2009. |
| Friday 11 March 2011 | DAFF list of contracts Senate Order on departmental and agency contracts relating to the reporting period 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010 |
| Tuesday 8 March 2011 | Senate hearing into supermarket prices A Senate committee will hold a hearing in Melbourne on 8/3 for its inquiry into the impacts of supermarket price decisions on the dairy industry |
| Wednesday 2 March 2011 | ABC radio news News summary |
| Thursday 24 February 2011 | NFF budget submission Regional Australia has been thrust centre stage of what must be a broader nation-building vision for Australia. |
| Monday 21 February 2011 | NFF submission on Rural R&D Investment Plan The NFF issued its submission on the Draft National Strategic Rural R&D Investment Plan. |
| Friday 18 February 2011 | ABARES survey of vegetable-growers The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has begun a survey, which will help the nation’s more than $3 billion vegetable-growing industry plan for the future. |
| Friday 18 February 2011 | Wesfarmers announces healthy profit Mining and retail company Wesfarmers has posted a $1.1 billion profit, for the second half of last year. |
| Wednesday 16 February 2011 | ABARES: winter crop of 42 million tonnes 15 February 2011 The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has today released its latest Australian crop report, which estimates that the 2010-11 national winter crop will reach 42.1 million tonnes. |
| Wednesday 16 February 2011 | Banana Growers attack economist Suggestions by economist Saul Eslake, (No good reason for high banana prices, SMH Monday 14 February 2011) that Australia should import bananas is nothing short of ignorance, according to the Australian Banana Growers’ Council (ABGC). |
| Tuesday 1 February 2011 | New CEO for the NFF NATIONAL Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President Jock Laurie has announced the appointment of Mr Matt Linnegar (pictured) as the new CEO of Australia’s peak farm body. |
| Friday 21 January 2011 | NFF Submission: National Water Initiative The NFF welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the 2011 Biennial Assessment of National Water Initiative (“NWI”) Implementation (“Biennial Assessment”). The NWI is a cornerstone initiative that built on previous reform of water in Australia. |
| Friday 14 January 2011 | Plague Locust Commission's bulletin The Locust Bulletin is produced each month during the spring—autumn period and includes a general summary for each major locust species, details of known distributions with regional forecasts, and maps of locust distributions and rainfall events. |
| Friday 14 January 2011 | Invasive Animals CRC's newsletter Queensland Floods We have all been shocked to see the devastation caused by the floods in Queensland and northern NSW. Thankfully, our colleagues at the Robert Wicks Pest Animal Research Centre in Toowoomba are all OK, though some have had property and/or vehicle damage. |
| Monday 10 January 2011 | Apply for rural studentship program Australia’s higher education students have just three weeks to get their applications in for a government and industry initiative that provides financial support to students studying primary industry degree courses. |
| Monday 10 January 2011 | NFF launches Farm Facts 2011 THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has released Farm Facts 2011. Farm Facts is published each year as a compendium of useful and authoritative facts and figures about Australian agriculture, based on fully attributed data from independent sources. |
2010
| Thursday 23 December 2010 | 2009-10 annual reports available online Annual reports from across the rural sector are now available on-line. |
| Friday 3 December 2010 | Rural annual reports Summary of rural annual reports - go to weblinks |
| Wednesday 1 December 2010 | New edition of soil analysis 'bible' released A new ‘bible’ on analysing soils for factors like carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and toxic substances, was released in Canberra last night at the Australasian Soil & Plant Analysis Council Conference. |
| Monday 29 November 2010 | FarmReady Reimbursement Grants FarmReady Reimbursement Grants program for this financial year is now fully subscribed |
| Friday 26 November 2010 | RIRDC Annual Report 2009-2010 This document is RIRDC’s annual report to Government and industry stakeholders on the Corporation’s operations for 2009–10. |
| Friday 26 November 2010 | Time is ripe for wine grapes CSIRO researchers have discovered a new method growers could use to control when their grapes ripen, without affecting wine quality. |
| Friday 26 November 2010 | Jock Laurie elected new NFF President Australia’s peak farm body, the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF), elected Alexander ‘Jock’ Laurie as its 10th President, with outgoing President David Crombie stepping down after completing his full four-year term. |
| Friday 26 November 2010 | Foreign investment under the microscope A FEDERAL Government-led investigation to shed light on the extent and impact of foreign investment in Australian agriculture and its supply chain has been welcomed by National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President Jock Laurie as “long overdue”. |
| Thursday 25 November 2010 | NFF agenda on science, infrastructure & productivity NFF presses on Murray-Darling Basin |
| Thursday 25 November 2010 | Seasonal conditions help to raise vegetable farm incomes in 2008-09 Vegetable farms achieve 19 per cent rise in average farm cash income |