- Queensland and New South Wales irrigators are encouraged to participate in a QFF, University of Queensland and Energy Consumers Australia electricity tariff research study. Take part in a 30-minute phone or Zoom interview and receive a $40 gift card. Read QFF’s Queensland Country Life column and get involved HERE.
- QFF has partnered with Ergon Energy Network and Energex to save lives on the land. Farmers belonging to any of QFF’s 20 industry members can apply for a 50 per cent co-contribution to install up to 10 rotamarkers on their properties. For more information about the rebate and eligibility criteria, click HERE.
- Calling all Tablelands small and medium agribusinesses! Join QFF and Jobs Queensland at Atherton on Tuesday, 12 October for an Agriculture Workforce Plan industry consultation session. Register now HERE. Agribusinesses and farmers are encouraged to complete an online survey about workforce planning. Have your say HERE.
- Two years on from the decision to lower the wall of the Paradise Dam, CANEGROWERS says a lack of direction for the future of the water storage is adding insult to the injury of the region’s drought and pushing the impact into 2022 and beyond. Read the media release HERE.
- For growers and nursery businesses, the threat of biosecurity incursions can have a knock-on effect of social and economic instability, impacting business and supply continuity. Attend a webinar on Friday, October 15 to learn more about these impacts and research conducted by Nursery & Garden Industry Queensland and the CSIRO. Register HERE.
- The Queensland Government’s Draft Organics Strategy 2022–2032 proposes how we can reduce the amount of organic waste that goes to landfill and looks at ways to avoid, reuse and recycle it. Have your say on organic waste and the proposed targets and actions HERE.
- Interested parties are invited to provide feedback on the National Landcare Program as part of its second five-year review. This review provides an opportunity for all stakeholders to say what works, what doesn’t and where it can be improved. Have your say by 15 October, 2021 HERE.
- The second round of the Queensland Government’s $5,000 Business Basics Regional Grants program is now open. Aimed at sole traders and small businesses with a turnover of up to $300,000, the grants are designed to help regional businesses increase their core capabilities and ability to adopt current best practice. Apply now HERE.
- Calling all meat processing, forestry, aquaculture, food and beverage, horticulture and livestock small and medium businesses. The CSIRO’s Innovate to Grow program can help you investigate agrifood R&D opportunities. Applications close October 11, apply now HERE.
- Are you a primary producer, drought or climate change professional? Support the development of others and help them achieve their goals by applying to be a mentor for the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation’s Drought Resilience Leaders Mentoring Program HERE.
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