Tag: Australiafarming
A NSW farmer is using an Alstrong aerator to develop better ways to manage pasture for long-term productivity.
The Alstrong aerator is available in Australia and New Zealand through the Duncan division of Giltrap Engineering. It features a unique blade design...
JCB’s 419S wheeled loader, which has replaced the highly regarded 418S, will be seen in action for the first time at ScotGrass 2019 on May 15 at SRUC Crichton Royal Farm, Dumfries, alongside the bigger and more powerful JCB...
Honda and Yamaha have announced they will cease selling quad bikes in Australia should the Australian Parliament adopt the ACCC’s recommendations to improve safety
The recommendations, including the introduction of a mandatory safety standard and the fitting of operator protection...
This Wednesday, Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources David Littleproud and Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and ForestryJoel Fitzgibbon went head-to-head at the National Press Club to discuss the big issues for Australian agriculture. The very public job
interview was...
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) is launching its 2019 Farm Workforce Survey.
The very short survey will let us know about the farmer’s workforce and labour needs.
NFF President Fiona Simson said the evidence to date shows that farms often faced difficulties...
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has issued a rallying call to farmers and political candidates in Rockhampton today. Speaking at the launch of the NFF’s Agriculture:Growing Australia campaign, held in partnership with AgForce, NFF Chief Executive Officer Tony...
A first order of business for Australia’s next Federal Parliament must be to ratify the Indonesia-Australia trade agreement, says the National Farmers’ Federation. NFF CEO Tony Mahar said the now signed Indonesia-Australian Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement was crucial for...
From today, changes to the Horticulture Award take effect requiring growers to pay casual workers overtime. The Fair Work Commission made the decision only two weeks ago, giving farmers what the National Farmers’ Federation says is a ‘totally unsatisfactorily’...
Since 2011, 130 people have been killed in quad bike related
accidents. On average six people per day are hospitalised with injuries
relating to what are arguably a farm’s most popular piece of equipment. The Australian Competition and Consumers Commission...
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