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20 Mar 2025

Discussing Australian agricultural exports

The future of Australian agricultural exports is in the spotlight this week, in the lead up to the 2025 Federal Election and in the wake of recent tariff decisions from the United...
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13 Mar 2025

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred inundates south-east Queensland farms

Over the weekend south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales prepared for Tropical Cyclone Alfred, which made landfall as a tropical low on Saturday morning. Not since Tropical Cyclones...
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6 Mar 2025

Reducing farm input costs key to securing a better future for Queensland farmers

Last week QFF and our peak body members Canegrowers, Cotton Australia, Queensland Fruit & Vegetable Growers and Nursery & Garden Industry Queensland attended the 25-Year Blueprint for a...
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27 Feb 2025

Discussing agriculture’s priorities for the upcoming Federal Election

This week the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) released their election priorities ahead of the upcoming Federal Election, with a National Food Security Preparedness Strategy topping the list of...
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20 Feb 2025

Collaborative, industry-led SmartAg Queensland training program delivers on all fronts

Queensland’s agricultural industries rely on a skilled workforce to ensure the sustainable production of some of the world’s best food, fibre and foliage. Supporting agribusinesses to effectively...
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13 Feb 2025

QFF team heading to next week’s evokeAg 2025 main program and sideline events

Next week Brisbane will be hosting AgriFutures’ evokeAG 2025 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on 18-19 February. evokeAG is the Asia Pacific region’s largest agrifood tech event,...
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6 Feb 2025

Far North Queensland growers heavily impacted by heavy rainfall and flooding

Earlier this week large areas across Far North Queensland experienced heavy rainfall and significant flooding, with some regions receiving six months’ worth of rain in as few as three...
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30 Jan 2025

Government must take a leadership role in developing an integrated energy strategy for agriculture

Energy remains an important input for farming enterprises. It is important that agriculture can rely on the government taking a leadership role in developing an integrated energy strategy that...
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23 Jan 2025

Agritourism must be included as a key priority in Queensland’s tourism plan

In 2019 CSIRO noted the growing importance of Agritourism and its significant projected contribution to the regional and rural economy over the next decade. By 2030 the Agritourism sector is expected...
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16 Jan 2025

Discussing the benefits of AgTech investment and adoption for Queensland agriculture

In the next decade Queensland agriculture is expected to undergo significant changes through the adoption of new technologies to enhance farm efficiency, profitability, and sustainability. Soon...
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9 Jan 2025

QFF urges an unwavering bipartisan approach to fixing the Bruce

QFF were pleased to kick off 2025 on a positive note when earlier this week the Federal Government announced the reinstatement of an 80:20 federal/state split for long-term upgrades to the Bruce...
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2 Jan 2025

Water and energy, infrastructure and biosecurity will be key priorities for QFF and our members in 2025

Last year QFF advocated strongly across eight core advocacy issues in the lead up to the state government election. These advocacy priorities included energy, water, the environment, biosecurity,...
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