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Image VFF Livestock is the peak representative body for livestock producers in Victoria, operating in its present form since 1978. Currently representing the interests of approximately 3000 farm businesses, most of which are family owned and operated. Livestock has more than 4000 individual member’s.

Membership is state-wide and covers the key Victorian agricultural industries of cattle, sheepmeat, wool and goats. Together these industries’ output is valued at around $2.5 billion for Victoria’s rural economies each year.

Victoria is currently home to 16 per cent of Australia's cattle herd, 20 per cent of the Australian sheep flock and about a quarter of the Australian goat population. With one quarter of the nation’s farm businesses Victorian, VFF Livestock plays an influential role in determining the priorities and direction of this major Australian industry.

VFF Livestock's core business involves policy development, issues management and advocacy on behalf of our producer members to industry and government. Through the extensive branch network and district council representative structure, VFF Livestock has good coverage of the state livestock issues. 

We know what’s on people’s minds, and lobby accordingly for the required industry outcomes. Recently we have been focussed on:
  • drought assistance,  
  • implementation of effective but economical stock tracing technology,
  • keeping animal welfare legislation to a minimum, yet still demonstrating our industries’ long-time good husbandry and reassuring the community
  • maintaining high animal health and quarantine standards – for example, helping secure wider availability of OJD  vaccine, and the registration of a wider range of treatments for use with goats,
  • the revision of the code of practice for selling cattle by liveweight to ensure livestock producers are treated fairly
  • developing viable quality assurance programs that let our product stand out from overseas competition, a crucial point of difference when more than 2/3 of our product is exported


We also play an important role on a national level through our affiliations to the National Peak Commodity Councils. These councils include; Cattle Council of Australia, Sheepmeat Council of Australia, WoolProducers and the Goat Industry Council of Australia. Our voting power with each of these bodies ensures that member concerns are represented at a national level and Victorian interests are well understood across the country.

VFF Livestock makes sure your voice counts on the issues that matter to you.

 
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