Australians will have the opportunity to have their say on how the supermarket sector is impacting the rising cost-of-living, with consultations opening as part of an independent review of the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct (the Code).
Victoria’s commercial fruit growers and horticulturalists will benefit from grants to help purchase and install new netting – protecting their crops and increasing productivity.
I note this evening’s decision by the independent regulator of live animal exports in the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, to reject the application to re-export more than 15,000 sheep and cattle overseas on the MV Bahijah.
A national commitment to eradicate one of the world’s worst invasive species, the red imported fire ant (RIFA), has been reinforced with further confirmation of funding to the National Fire Ant Eradication Program.
The Albanese Government’s new $30 million On Farm Connectivity Program (OFCP) is delivering significant productivity benefits for Australia’s primary producers.
One million doses of lumpy skin disease (LSD) vaccines have now been provided to Indonesia by the Albanese Government, as the fight to protect our cattle industry from disease ramps up again in 2024.
One billion sterile fruit flies have now been released over the Riverland to combat outbreaks in the region following a recent expansion at Port Augusta’s Sterile Insect Technology (SIT) facility.
2024 promises to be another strong year of exports for Aussie farmers, with improved market access and tariff rate cuts providing new opportunities to send produce overseas.
