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New AgTech Hub to drive innovation and jobs in agriculture
Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries and Minister for Rural Communities The Honourable Mark Furner
The new Bundaberg AgTech Hub is set to unlock the enormous potential of agricultural technology across the region and enable local farmers to explore the latest innovations.
Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries and Minister for Rural Communities Mark Furner officially launched the Bundaberg Regional Council’s
AgTech Hub today at Bargara.
“The adoption of AgTech by producers is key to the future profitability and sustainability of Queensland’s agricultural supply chain,” Mr Furner said.
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Farmers applaud State Government’s commitment to tackle Queensland’s labour shortage
AgForce and the National Farmers’ Federation are supporting a State Government push to boost agricultural labour on Queensland farms.
With trial on-farm quarantine arrangements for workers from Pacific Island nations now underway in Queensland, Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries and Minister for Rural Communities Mark Furner said almost 3000 workers have been drafted in to work on farms and related businesses.
The announcement comes as the Federal Government exacerbates the farm labour shortage by changing the rules for backpackers seeking to extend their Working Holiday Maker visas to second and third years – allowing them to complete their 88 days work not just on farms but now in the tourism and hospitality sectors in northern and remote Australia as well.
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A-peeling grant backs prawn farmers to go digital
Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries and Minister for Rural Communities The Honourable Mark Furner
The Palaszczuk Government is backing Queensland to become the aquaculture capital of the world by helping prawn farmers go digital.
Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries and Minister for Rural Communities Mark Furner said the Australian Prawn Farmers Association (APFA) will receive $200,000 towards accelerating the adoption of digital systems on Queensland prawn farms.
“These grants were established under Queensland’s Economic Recovery plan to help farmers to access new opportunities,” Mr Furner said.
Goondiwindi Regional Council
and the drought-declared part of the Charters Towers Regional Council (south of the Flinders Highway and west of the Gregory Developmental Road).
Mr Furner said the remaining drought-declared local government areas did not receive enough rainfall for a revocation.
“Outside the south east, pasture quality and quantity, crop production, water reserves, animal welfare and breeder conception rates have all been negatively impacted by the lack of significant rainfall and high temperatures in spring and early summer, and there are still ongoing rainfall deficits,” he said.
“This can be seen on the prototype Combined Drought Index (CDI), tailored for Australia based on a mix of drought indicators.