Friday, 9 Aug 2019
AgForce today, at the opening of Ekka 2019 to the general public, asked the question, “Who will stand up for regional Queensland?” AgForce General President Georgie Somerset said they...
Thursday, 25 Jul 2019
AgForce is ‘deeply concerned’ that there are still large areas of farming land being wrongly targeted by the State Government’s trigger or ‘blue dot’ protected...
Wednesday, 24 Jul 2019
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...
Tuesday, 23 Jul 2019
AgForce’s Wild Dog Coordinators project is helping deliver a resurgence in Queensland’s once burgeoning wool and sheep meat industries by reducing the threat posed by wild dogs.In central...
Tuesday, 23 Jul 2019
AgForce will conduct a series of practical, interactive sessions across south east Queensland to explain recent changes to protected plant trigger mapping and their implications for local producers...
Wednesday, 17 Jul 2019
A primary producer-driven field day being in held at Banana in central Queensland today proves farmers can look after the environment without the State Government watching over their shoulder...
Tuesday, 16 Jul 2019
At a meeting of the BMP Alliance on Thursday 20th June 2019 the joint owners of Grazing and Grains BMP – AgForce, the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF), the Fitzroy Basin...
Tuesday, 16 Jul 2019
AgForce has condemned the State Government for failing to heed long-held concerns about the Vegetation Management Act, after the Government’s own inquiry implicated the VMA in worsening last...
Monday, 1 Jul 2019
AgForce CEO Michael Guerin, at Rangelands Policy Dialogue.Facebook Live video.IntroductionCan I acknowledge the Royal Society of Queensland and NRM Regions Queensland, who along with AgForce are...
Friday, 28 Jun 2019
AgForce has secured a commitment by the Minister for the Environment and Science to more fully engage with producers on the protected flora trigger mapping, which created such havoc for the industry...
Friday, 28 Jun 2019
Queensland's peak agriculture body AgForce and global conservation organisation The Pew Charitable Trusts have joined forces to fight for funds to manage a noxious weed that could devastate western...
Friday, 28 Jun 2019
AgForce is “cautiously optimistic” about the State Government’s proposed approach to better drought management policy announced today by Agricultural Industry Development and...
Wednesday, 26 Jun 2019
The Australian Farm Insitute's Farming in a Risky Climate event was held at the Stamford Plaza in Brisbane over Wednesday and Thursday, 26–27 June, with a conference dinner on...
Tuesday, 25 Jun 2019
A campaign led by AgForce and its members to expose the shortcomings of the new protected flora trigger mapping has led to the State Government reviewing the dangerously inaccurate data. The...
Tuesday, 18 Jun 2019
A seemingly arbitrary change by the State Government to the way it maps protected plants will have a devastating effect on many producers, making it more onerous and expensive to manage and graze...
