The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) says the government must work with farmers and seek their agreement to flood farmland to achieve environmental watering objectives under the Murray Darling Basin Plan. VFF Water Council Chair Andrew Leahy said the release of…
The consideration of the social, economic, and environmental impacts on agriculture and farm businesses is being ignored by the government when granting powers of access for developments such as mining and electricity transmission. VFF President Emma Germano has called on…
The Victorian Government has announced strategic benefits for transmission hosts (200k per kilometre of asset). They are also looking at how communities should benefit from renewable energy projects in their area. They have released a draft community benefits plan. The…
The VFF is disappointed that the Allen Government’s Plan for Victoria is silent on agriculture, with the exception of a place for urban development. Agriculture is the primary use on 62% of Victoria. Agricultural products are the main source of…
The VFF is continuing to advocate for regulatory change to ensure that companies who access private land for transmission have rules governing their behaviours on site and that landholders who are forced to host transmission receive fair compensation for the…
The Commonwealth Government has ripped up the previously agreed Murray-Darling Basin Plan and has replaced it with one that suits Canberra. As a consequence, they plan to take up to 225GL of water from agricultural production in Northern Victoria, which…
The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) says the Albanese Labor Government’s plan to take water from food production in the Murray Darling Basin Plan in exchange for a $300 million sugar hit is yet another slap in the face for regional…
The Victorian Farmers Federation’s Making our Farms Safer project (VFF MOFS) will continue to run until 2025 after receiving a $600,000 grant from the Victorian Government. VFF Vice-President Danyel Cucinotta welcomed the extension and said the project, which launched in…
There has been a detection of avian influenza at two Victorian poultry farms. The first infected property near Meredith is confirmed to have the H7N3 strain of avian influenza and the second infected property near Terang is confirmed H7N9. These…
The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) acknowledges the Greens’ support in opposing the government’s proposed Biosecurity Protection Levy (BPL). This support is the result of collective efforts from the agriculture sector, with the Greens recognising that the government should not be…