{"id":244784,"date":"2019-09-23T13:56:52","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T03:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=244784"},"modified":"2019-09-23T15:16:09","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T05:16:09","slug":"have-your-say-on-ag-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/09\/23\/have-your-say-on-ag-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Have Your Say On Ag Research"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Federal Agriculture Minister Senator Bridget McKenzie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

September 23, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Federal Government is calling for ideas to modernise Australia’s rural Research and Development Corporations (RDCs).<\/p>\n

The RDCs, which were set up in 1989, are jointly funded by the Federal Government and primary producer levies to undertake research and development.<\/p>\n

The government released a discussion paper into the system on Monday.<\/p>\n

There are currently 15 RDCs: five Commonwealth statutory bodies – Wine Australia, Cotton RDC, Fisheries RDC, Grains RDC and AgriFutures Australia – and 10 industry-owned companies, including Meat and Livestock Australia, Australian Pork Limited and Forest and Wood Products Australia.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we\u2019re to position agriculture as an agile industry of choice for the 21st century we need to see what improvements we can make that will help us get there,” Agriculture Minister Bridget McKenzie said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an opportunity for those who have a stake in the system to be involved so we can make sure our agriculture sector is operating as effectively and efficiently as it can.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis discussion paper is about modernising our agricultural research and development to ensure the RDC system is delivering value for our levy and tax payers into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

The discussion paper is open for comment until November 4.<\/p>\n