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ACFA E-Newsletter 20 November 2020 | |
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Bundaberg farmers say council rates rise too high, adding to crippling operating costs 19 November 2020 | ABC | | | |
In a landscape where the cost of farming is increasing, growers say they're struggling to cope with Bundaberg Regional Council's hefty rates rise.
Charles Grima, who has farmed sugarcane and sweet potatoes for decades, has had one of the area's highest increases in rates.
Previously his net half-yearly payment was $1,704 and now it's $5,771 — a rise of more than 238 per cent. More...
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Fix needed for regional councils funding 18 November 2020 | Queensland Country Life | |
Despite significant challenges, from a protracted drought to rising input costs, burdensome government regulations and most recently, a global pandemic, the state's 24,000 farm businesses have continued to feed, clothe, and provide amenity to Queenslanders, Australians and many others around the world. However, farmers in the Bundaberg region have received little thanks for their continued hard work, instead receiving increases of up to 235 per cent, or as much as $30,000, in their rates notices this year. They were further dismayed when the Bundaberg Regional Council released its 2019-20 Annual Report which showed an operating surplus of $1.5 million. More... | |
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AquaTill High Pressure Water Tillage System Update 20 November 2020 | SRA | SRA's Regional Coordinator for the Southern Region, James Ogden-Brown talks us through an update on AquaTill's performance in the Sugar Cane farming system. Watch here | | | |
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There's a lot to celebrate this Ag Day 20 November 2020 | Queensland Country Life | |
As we celebrate National Agriculture Day and all the good that Aussie farmers do, this is also an opportune time to underline the importance and vital role that the industry plays in the life of our country.
Now in its fourth year, National Ag Day is a day for all of us to recognise the contributions farmers and regional communities make to our economy and social fabric. More... | |
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Lack of labour leads to food insecurity 9 November 2020 | Growcom | Since the start of the pandemic the agriculture industry has been warning state and federal governments alike of a coming shortage of seasonal workers.
Now with the shortage becoming reality, and reports starting to trickle in of crops lost due to lack of labour, industry is now telling governments that things will get worse before they get better. More... | | | |
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Statistics confirm: without irrigation in drought, we wouldn’t eat 19 November 2020 | National Irrigator's Council | |
by Admin | 19 November 2020More than 90% of Australia’s fruit, nuts and grapes; more 76% of vegetables, 100% of rice and more than 50% of dairy and sugar, came from irrigation in 2018-19 according to the latest release from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
The figures are based on gross value of farm gate product and come from the 2018-19 “Water Account” and “value of agricultural commodities” publications. More... | |
On-farm dams holding back water destined for Darling downstream communities, study suggests 19 November 2020 | ABC | Two former senior employees of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority have found there has been a 140 per cent increase in the volume of water harvested from floodplains and moved into on-farm storages in northern New South Wales since 1994. More... | | | |
Farmers feeling financially fine as coronavirus hits national mood 20 November 2020 | Farm Weekly | Farmers are one of the few groups to have experienced improved financial wellbeing since the onset of COVID-19 says new ANZ Banking Group research.
The research also revealed regional Australians had experienced a much smaller decline in their ability to meet financial commitments than their city cousins so far during the pandemic emergency. More... | | Ag initiatives critical to recession-busting rebound for Australia 18 November 2020 | Queensland Country Life | The world's hunger for Australian food exports is shrinking as the coronavirus recession undermines global trade and exposes our relatively unsophisticated agricultural supply chains as a risk to the nation's economic recovery.
Global merchandise trade contracted more than 14 per cent between March and July and worldwide foreign investment activity is likely to sink 40pc this year as economic growth falls to minus 4.5pc. More... | | | |
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| Week | Mill | Crush (t) | %CSS | | Date | STD | Week | STD | 3 Nov 2020
| Mossman | 647,984 | | | | 15 Nov 2020 | Tableland | 596,800 | 14.81 | 14.37 | | 15 Nov 2020 | Mulgrave | 1,198,992 | 12.98 | 12.18 | | 15 Nov 2020 | South Johnstone | 1,282,817 | 12.59 | 12.29 | | 20 Nov 2020 | Tully | 2,257,597 | 13.72 | 12.93 | | 14 Nov 2020 | Victoria | 2,657,681 | 13.88 | 13.12 | | 14 Nov 2020 | Macknade | 1,224,580 | | 14 Nov 2020 | Invicta | 3,119,398 | 14.78 | 14.47 | | 14 Nov 2020 | Pioneer | 1,476,024 | 15.27 | 14.90 | | 14 Nov 2020 | Kalamia | 1,489,462 | 14.67 | 14.42 | | 14 Nov 2020 | Inkerman | 1,508,365 | 15.06 | 14.71 | | 14 Nov 2020 | Proserpine | 1,535,795 | 14.63 | 14.35 | | 15 Nov 2020 | Mackay | 4,419,327 | 14.67 | 14.16 | | 14 Nov 2020 | Plane Creek | 1,185,950 | 15.00 | 14.21 | | 25 Oct 2020 | Bundaberg | 1,039,258 | 16.21 | 14.67 | | 11 Nov 2020 | Isis | 675,020 | 15.48 | 14.70 | | 13 Nov 2020 | Maryborough | 610,241 | 15.09 | 14.48 | | Rocky Point | | | | | 15 Nov 2020 | Harwood | 494,847 | 13.17 | 11.78 | | 15 Nov 2020 | Broadwater | 637,184 | 13.03 | 12.16 | | 15 Nov 2020 | Condong | 458,540 | 12.15 | 11.53 | | | | |
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Weekly Rainfall Update for 7 days to 9 am 17 November 2020 | |
Rainfall StatisticsWeek Ending 20 November 2020 | | Town | Nov | YTD | | Mossman | 8.4 | 1710.6 | | Mareeba | 0.2 | 480.2 | | Cairns | 7.6 | 1319.2 | | Gordonvale | 7.6 | 1319.2 | | Innisfail | 18.0 | 2466.8
| | Tully | 19.0 | 3135.4 | | Ingham | 8.6 | 1638.5 | | Ayr | 0.2 | 1036.0 | | Proserpine | 19.2 | 832.6 | | Mackay | 29.0 | 1271.8 | | Bundaberg | 0.6 | 522.8 | | Maryborough | 8.8 | 755.6 | | Beenleigh | 26.2 | 1034.0 | | Murwillumbah | 6.7 | 1555.4 | | Ballina | 37.2 | 1791.2 | | Yamba | 419.6 | 1493.0 |
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No excuses left say farmers as warming tops 1.4 degrees 13 November 2020 | Farmers For Climate Action | |
Farmers say the Federal Government has no alternative but to embrace a green recovery, amid news that Australia’s temperatures have already warmed 1.44 degrees celsius since 1910.
Farmers for Climate Action Chair Charlie Prell said: “Every new report on climate change tends to be more dire than the last, and this new research from CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology is no exception. More...
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