- Queensland’s Valuer-General recently handed down the annual statutory land valuations for 25 local government areas, comprising 261,000 landholders across the state including 14,879 rural properties. Read QFF’s Queensland Country Life column HERE.
- QFF CEO Dr Georgina Davis recently spoke to Rural Queensland Today about a report regarding worker fatalities on farms and what can be done to improve workplace health and safety. If you missed it, listen now HERE.
- Queensland’s sugarcane growers are counting down to the start of the 2021 harvest, buoyed by the news that Australia has jumped to second place in the list of raw sugar exporting nations, even with weather reducing the expected crop. Read more from QFF industry member CANEGROWERS HERE.
- Nominations are now open for the Queensland Horticulture Export Awards, including the Queensland Horticulture Exporter of the Year Award and the New Exporter Award, to be presented on Tuesday 8 June at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. For more information and to nominate, click HERE.
- Primary producers in the Goondiwindi council area who were impacted by recent heavy rainfall and flash flooding may be eligible for concessional loans of up to $250,000 and freight subsidies through the Queensland Rural and Industry Development Authority. For more information and to apply, click HERE or call 1800 623 946.
- More than 1,500 primary producers impacted by recent Tropical Cyclone Niran will receive a land rent reprieve as part of the Queensland Government’s disaster assistance measures. Find more information HERE.
- Producers are urged to complete the Queensland Department of Agriculture’s grasshopper impact survey to help record the extent of damage from western Queensland’s grasshopper infestation. Complete the survey HERE.
- Due to recent rainfall, Sunwater has confirmed irrigators in the Upper Condamine region will have access to a significant portion of their water allocation for the first time since July 2017. Read more HERE.
- Queenslanders have been invited to have their say as part of a major review of animal welfare laws to ensure Queensland laws keep pace with community expectations and protect the welfare of all animals in Queensland. Have your say before midnight, Friday May 21, 2021. For more information, click HERE.
- The Australian Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment is holding free webinars each month about priority environmental pests, weeds and diseases that need to be kept out of Australia to protect our environment. More information and register HERE.
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