AgForce has commended the Federal Government’s creation of the Drought Future Fund as “progressive” and “the right path to better drought management” for its emphasis on preparedness and risk management rather than the traditional crisis response.
A new round of the State Government’s Rural Economic Development (RED) grants program has opened for expressions of interest.
Rural lobby group AgForce will hold an information session in Durong on Friday as part of a series planned to explain recent State Government changes to protected plant trigger mapping.
AgForce says the State Government has failed to heed farmers’ concerns for two years about the Vegetation Management Act which it blames for contributing to last year’s catastrophic bushfires in Queensland.
South Burnett Mayor Keith Campbell has added his voice to growing opposition to plans by SunWater to force steep water price increases on South Burnett irrigators.
South Burnett farmers could be hit with steep rises in water costs for the next 18 years … and they might not be the only ones facing massive hikes.
Some of the South Burnett’s brightest up-and-coming future cattle people have been starring at events around the country.
The Federal Government’s Joint Agency Drought Taskforce was wound up at the end of last month, a situation that has left local councils across Australia querying a possible $1.1 billion discrepancy in future funding.
A farm machinery manufacturer that builds the world’s widest crop harvesting platforms is set to double production and create up to two dozen jobs with a $250,000 funding boost from the State Government.
RACQ has issued a warning to South Burnett and Gympie residents to be on the alert for opportunistic “storm chasers” who have been knocking on doors trying to tempt people into lodging dodgy insurance claims.
Stanwell has temporarily stopped discharging water into Meandu Creek so property owners can repair culverts that cross it.
The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal has released details of the latest round of the ANZ Seeds of Renewal program for rural communities.
The Federal Government has introduced legislation which aims to give farmers greater protection from animal activists.
The Queensland Farmers’ Federation has joined AgForce in welcoming the release last week of the State Government’s Drought Program Review.
The Regional Investment Corporation – a lending body set up by the Federal Government in 2018 – will cut its rates from August 1.
While the State Opposition has been angered by the release of the State Government’s new drought policy, AgForce is “cautiously optimistic”.
The State Government has announced it will no longer support farmers during future droughts with fodder and water freight subsidies.
AgForce has called for producer involvement in a review of the State Government’s new “blue dot” vegetation maps.
Innovative farmers and food producers have been invited to apply for financial assistance from the Coles Nurture Fund to help them develop new market-leading products, processes and technologies.
Two Kingaroy businesses are among an elite group of “emerging exporters” who have been selected to take part in a special three-year mentoring program which aims to help expand their markets.
