- QFF Energy Savers has released the first in a series of video case studies looking at the farmers who reduced their energy use. See how a Mareeba banana farm saved 45% of its power bill HERE. Upcoming Mareeba event HERE.
- The Federal Government has committed an additional $20 million for Queensland prawn farmers affected by White Spot Disease. The Queensland Government remains critical of level of federal funding claiming it deserves more.
- Cyclone Debbie – Where are we now? QFF President Stuart Armitage, in his QCL column, takes a look at where we are and where we came from as farmers pick themselves back up.
- QFF industry member Cotton Australia has hosted leading figures from the Australian fashion and textile sector by touring a farm, gin and research station. See if your favourite brand attended HERE. Recap of the event HERE.
- QFF has joined the Regional, Rural and Remote Consumers Coalition (RRRCC). RRRCC highlights the concerns of rural and regional Australia on dealing with inequitable access to telecommunications services. QFF statement HERE.
- The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released its draft decision proposing to not declare a wholesale domestic mobile roaming service. ACCC statement HERE. Cotton Australia statement HERE.
- The Australian Farm Institute (AFI) has released a video debunking the popular myth about the potential benefits of banning the trade to increase onshore processing. See the video HERE.
- The Rural Jobs & Skills Alliance (RJSA) has sent out its latest version of its e-news including information on grants for businesses and updates from the SIPP and Gateway Schools programs. See the full e-news HERE.
- Farmers on the Condamine floodplain fear the proposed inland rail route could ‘wreck farm land’. This comes as farmers fear the extra billion dollars for inland rail in the budget could go to waste due to poor management.
- Some of the poorest farmers in Africa have better digital connectivity than Australian farmers. This is why the data drought must come to an end to unlock agriculture’s earning potential in the Budget 2017. ABC Rural report HERE.
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