- Queensland farmers face further electricity price uncertainty after the Australian Energy Regulator rejected Energy Queensland’s Tariff Structure Statements for Ergon and Energex and revised both distribution networks’ regulatory proposals down for the 2020-25 period. Read QFF’s media statement HERE.
- The vagaries of farming such as droughts, floods, cyclones, bush fires, rapidly rising input costs & falling commodity prices are well known, but they can take a toll. Mary O’Brien from Are You Bogged Mate? took over QFF’s Queensland Country Life column for Queensland Mental Health Week. Read it HERE.
- A lack of rain is making a dent in Queensland’s 2019 sugarcane harvest and the peak group for growers, QFF industry member CANEGROWERS, says a new report indicates the state economy will feel the impacts. Read more HERE.
- QFF corporate partner Telstra has announced plans to switch off their 3G service in June 2024. While some remote areas of Australia still rely on 3G coverage, Telstra has committed to upgrading and expanding its 4G coverage, aiming to ensure those customers and the communities they live in are not disadvantaged. More HERE.
- Where do Aussie meat chickens come from? Peak body Australian Chicken Meat Federation tells the story of the Australian meat chicken’s family tree…and it starts, not here in Australia, but overseas in the nucleus breeding operations of the world’s two largest poultry genetics companies. Details HERE.
- The Queensland Government recently released the Skills for Queensland – Great training for quality jobsstrategy, which aims to plan for and adapt Queensland’s skills and workforce development approaches to help industry and businesses of all sizes to create job opportunities. Read the Rural Jobs and Skills Alliance’s take HERE.
- Isis and Bundaberg farmers can now access water being released from Paradise Dam. For inquiries on authority to access water, contact the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy Bundaberg office on 13 74 68, while others wanting to access water should call Sunwater on 131 589. More HERE.
- A digital capability self-assessment tool has been developed by KPMG and Skills Impact, to assess your business’ future capacity requirements and knowledge needs to thrive in a digital agricultural environment. For more information and to do your self assessment, click HERE.
- The inaugural National Renewables in Agriculture Conference and Expo will be held on 14 November in Wagga bringing together farmers, agribusiness and renewables experts to share their expertise of on-farm renewables. Details HERE.
- Join the Central Highlands Development Corporation for their third annual AgTeCH: Build it, Use it, Profit, a major innovation and technology event, in Emerald on 6 November 2019, featuring speaker panels, over 40 exhibitors and eight in-field demos. Register HERE.
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