- Significant infrastructure damage, extensive livestock losses and community impacts are resulting from the recent Western Queensland floods according to early estimates from the Department of Primary Industries. Read more here. Disaster assistance loans are available for primary producers impacted by the event which you can access on the Queensland Rural and Industry Development Authority website here.
- The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has expressed its disappointment in the United States’ decision to impose a 10% tariff on all Australian exports. Read more here.
- QFF has welcomed CarbonLink as our newest corporate partner. Through this partnership, QFF and CarbonLink will work together to support farmers in navigating the evolving carbon economy, equipping them with the knowledge and tools to enhance productivity, and contribute to environmental outcomes. Read more here.
- Queensland Fruit & Vegetable Growers (QFVG) has expressed its disappointment at the C14 determination for the Horticulture Award which is the latest industrial relations policy imposed upon Queensland’s horticulture industry. QFVG have also outlined key points growers should be aware of now that it is in effect. Read more here.
- Join QFF, Canegrowers and QFVG for a special AgTech and Innovation Breakfast event in Mareeba on Thursday, 29 May 2025 as part of northern Australia’s largest field day event, FNQ Field Days. Get tickets here.
- Cotton Australia has been working with the National Fire Ant Eradication Program (NFAEP) to assess the risks posed by Fire Ants to the cotton industry. While cotton is not subject to the same storage or processing requirements as other identified carriers, the cotton industry has already adopted its own code of best practice to minimise the spread of fire ants. Read more here.
- QFF welcomes the Queensland Government’s $2 million in new funding to help manage Queensland’s feral pig problem, which is causing $95 million of production losses and direct control costs in Queensland alone. Read more here.
- eastAUSmilk has seen a growing number of farmers pursuing options to make their businesses more flood resilient. Capital investment such as compost or free stall barns are at the top of the list to improve cow comfort and prevent health issues such as footrot, lameness and mastitis. Read more here.
- Queensland Berries, Australia’s largest privately owned and operated commercial grower and supplier of strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries, has recently been working with Growcom’s QAWN Officer on two QFF delivered and QAWN-supported initiatives: SmartAg Queensland and the Supervisors Short Course. Read more here.
- The Local Government Association of Queensland is hosting the Queensland Disaster Management Conference from Tuesday 27-Thursday 29 May 2025 in Brisbane alongside Queensland emergency service departments. Register here.