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keting MasterClass will feature three keynote speakers and a panel discussion, facilitated by Richard Cornish, The Age food writer. The PMA Fresh Connections 2015 will include a conference, trade show, retail tours and focused events. Participants can register for the MasterClass and other PMA Fresh Connections 2015 activities at www.pmafreshconnections.com.au. June 11, Melbourne TICKETS are now on sale for the inaugural AgriVictoria – State of Opportunity summit on Thursday, June 11, 2015 at the Park Hyatt in Melbourne. The summit will explore vital domestic and international connections, new innovations and provide real business solutions for Victorian farmers, producers and industry professionals from across food and ďŹ bre value chains. AgriVictoria is being delivered in collaboration with the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, Victorian Farmers Federation, ANZ, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Victorian Agribusiness Council and the Global Foundation. The summit will be followed by Victoria’s premier agricultural event, Agriculture: The Heard of Victoria dinner which will be held at Central Pier, Docklands. For more information contact Sheryn Cooper on 0438 953 732. NOMINATIONS for the 2015 Victorian Landcare Awards are now open.
The awards are an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of volunteers and landcarers across the state and the importance of the environment to our communities. There are categories in this year’s awards for individuals, groups, networks, schools or organisations that are involved in protecting or improving their local environment, farm, coastline, bushland, wetland, waterway, school, region or catchment. Entries close on Sunday, June 21. For more information visit www.landcarevic.net.au/resources/ awards/2015-victorianlandcare-awards/entriesnow-open. SUBMISSIONS for this year’s Melbourne International Wine Competition to be held at the RACV City Club, Melbourne on June 28 and 29 (MIWC) are now open. MIWC is the ďŹ rst major international wine competition in the PaciďŹ c with tradeonly judges from top to bottom that consists of people who are buyers from the top retail stores, restaurant owners, sommeliers, hotel beverage directors, distributors and importers. All the gold and double gold winning wines will be showcased at 2015 Australia Trade Tasting in Melbourne on Monday, August 31 and in Sydney on Monday, September 7. All double gold winning brands will also be showcased at the New York, USA press event along with new winners.
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Giant says power aids farmers provide better value to customers but also help set up small businesses to develop the products and platforms to expand their operations and, in some cases, export to global markets,� Mr Durkan said. Coles’ ambassador and adviser Curtis Stone will join three Coles directors on a panel which assess applications with the support of independent industry advice. Mr Stone said he was very excited to help support the industry by helping to assess applications from fresh food businesses. “Australia produces some of the highest quality food in the world and farmers, producers and manufacturers in Australia are continually demonstrating how innovative they are on their farms and in the factories. “The Coles Nurture Fund will help drive innovations and growth for small businesses so they
can take up more opportunities in Australia and on the world stage,â€? he said. Both the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) and AUSVEG have welcomed the grants scheme with NFF chief executive ofďŹ cer Simon Talbot having said that the announcement from Coles recognised the importance of investment in the farm sector to boost productivity and competitiveness. “Strong, private investment in the farm sector offers many potential beneďŹ ts, including better infrastructure, uptake of new technology and improved protection of seasonallyaffected businesses from income volatility. “For example, a grower might invest in hydroponics at height, lifting worker productivity and reducing water-use. “Immediately, beneďŹ ts can ow from reduced costs, and the ability for farmers to produce more, with less, for longer.
“We look forward to seeing more detail around the Nurture Fund, which, if implemented well, could be a win-win for all participants across the food supply chain,â€? Mr Talbot said. AUSVEG deputy chief executive ofďŹ cer Andrew White said the establishment of the Nurture Fund is a boost for the Australian and potato industries, as it will support small businesses in their efforts to remain competitive in an ever-changing global marketplace. “The fact that Coles, one of the biggest retailers in the country, is supporting local business innovation and development through such a substantial fund sends a strong message that it has conďŹ dence in the industry’s long-term viability and prosperity. “We hope the Nurture Fund will help the many small vegetable and potato operations all over Australia.â€?
McCurdy warns grazing ban ‘appalling’ for alpine parks TIM McCurdy (MLA, Ovens Valley) has told Parliament the current alpine grazing restriction amendment “will lead to the detriment and burning down of the high country�. Speaking in the lower house, he told fellow politicians he was “appalled� they were even having to debate a bill – introduced by the State Government – that will ban all forms of cattle grazing in national parks within Victoria. Environment Minister Lisa Neville maintains the National Parks Amendment (Prohibiting Cattle Grazing) Bill 2015 acts on extensive scientific research that has shown grazing in Victoria’s alpine areas is detrimental to the environment and doesn’t have any value in reducing bushfire risk or fuel loads in alpine areas. But Mr McCurdy disagrees, and he said the bill means so little to
those from Melbourne but the world to those in regional Victoria. He argues the Andrews Government wanted to leave a legacy as the education state rather than educating their own members on issues outside of the city and surrounding suburbs. “They do not care about those who live in the high country,� Mr McCurdy said. “They do not care about those who educate their families there. “Members of Labor and the Greens should hang their heads in shame.� Mr McCurdy pleaded for the Labor Government to take a walk through the bush with him “and see the beautiful countryside he and all regional Victorians adore�. “Our magnificent bushland, national parks and forests will one day burn to the ground because of the decisions government members
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“Many of Victoria’s farmers have vast experience in areas such as business planning, ďŹ nancial management, primary industry and water resource management, all of which would make for a prime candidate in a CMA board member. “In the past, the VFF has successfully lobbied for a requirement for no less than 50 per cent of CMA board members to be primary producers. “This is a fantastic opportunity to make a difference in your region,â€? Mr Tuohey said. He said that while farmers are conscious of the need for healthy rivers, ecologically sustainable and productive catchments, they are also “astutely awareâ€? of the implications catchment management has on farmer’ ability to farm. “At the end of the day, the more positions of relevance occupied by farmers and farm leaders, the stronger our ability to inuence vital local policy decisions. “Victoria’s 10 CMAs have considerable inuence over sustainable development and regional development, and farmers with a strong interest in natural resource management should apply. “The VFF is urging Victorian farmers to apply for a position on the
board of their local CMA to ensure farmers’ perspectives are taken into consideration when decisions are being made,� Mr Tuohey said. While the VFF is urging farmers to put their hand up to serve on the boards, the lobby group is also concerned about the spill of all board positions at the same time. VFF water council chair Richard Anderson said that continuity is needed to ensure that not all knowledge “walks out the door�. “If all the knowledge walks out the door then we’ll spend the next two years bringing completely new boards up to speed. “The rolling appointments process that has been in place til now has helped to bring new blood onto boards while balancing the need to continue with business. “While we note that the current board members were encouraged to reapply, around half the positions were already due for renewal this year. “We cannot see why this approach has been taken when a rolling process for board positions is already in place,� Mr Anderson said. For more information visit the website www.delwp.vic.gov.au/ onboard.
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motion to cut $1.5 million of its recurring spend with great success, proving that it can be done with strong support. Alpine Shire Council chief executive officer Dave Barry was instructed by his councillors not only to cut costs but to do things better and faster. “I was instructed by the councillors who moved a motion to cut recurring spend, which has predominately occurred from our wage budget,â€? he told North East Farmer. “Our wage budget for 2015-2016 was about $13.2 million and after reviewing it we made changes and now that cost is $10 million. “So that really is a substantiative reoccurring saving. “And as a result, our wages are now trending downward over the next two years and are now back down to about 2007 levels, whereas most other organisations will have their wages trending upward as they usually go up by about six per cent per annum.â€? Mr Barry said the council conducted an overall review of the organisation, focusing on where it was delivering outcomes for its rate payers, ďŹ nding that most of its savings could come from its back ofďŹ ce area. “It is no surprise that
local governments can be more efďŹ cient,â€? he said. “We need to be more focused on removing red tape and bureaucratic processes. “By doing that, there is the capacity to save significant amounts of money and we have recognised that. “We don’t talk about what we are going to do, but what we have done. “The wage saving is a real and true and audited result.â€? Mr Barry said the council had also saved $200,000 from its private motor vehicle eet and by reviewing its membership and subscription costs, saving another $110,000. “The council here has had a systematic approach and has shown through strong leadership by moving a motion to instruct me to make these changes,â€? he said. “There is always more we can do as well. “There is always ongoing scope for improvement and we can always look at ways to be more efďŹ cient. “It’s not an easy task to maintain a stable and focused workforce, but the staff recognised that they needed to make changes which they were happy to do because they are rate payers in this shire too and they care about saving money.â€?
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husband, Harry, farm 400 hectares near Wangaratta, running between 2000 and 3000 Dorper sheep. They specialise in selling rams, ewes and lambs for breeding via their stud, prime lambs for the domestic and export markets and they are specialists in selling paddock-to-plate lamb directly delivered to people’s homes. Ms Bussell said that land values are not always linked to productivity, particularly in agriculture. “By continuing to increase rates signiďŹ cantly on farmland we are just pushing the agricultural production further and further away from our towns or anywhere else, where others see a value to living or owning the land, regardless of what they are seeking to use the land for,â€? she said. “Do we actually value the production of our food? Do we care about food miles? “If the answer to these questions is ‘yes’ then we need to stop increasing rates in an unsustainable fashion that ultimately pushes our agricultural production further and further away from anywhere, where we value the land. “It is self-evident, that if farm proďŹ tability is going down and rates are going up, that in the end, there’s less money for everyone, including the councils. “That is why the current model is not sustainable and never can be.â€? She added that taxation was based on proďŹ tability and questioned why council taxes are exempt from this rule,â€? she said. “Simply believing you can increase rates annually beyond CPI is complete nonsense. “Ultimately you are killing the goose that laid the golden egg‌then what next?â€? With many believing that the continual increase in rates is due to the running costs of sustaining local councils, a small council in the North East of the state is leading the way in cutting its recurring costs. Last year, the Alpine Shire Council moved a
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proposal to raise rates above CPI, the lobby group still believes that a major inquiry is still needed. Any council wanting to raise rates above CPI will be subject to ESC oversight and government approval, starting in 2016. The Australian Services Union has recently written to all Victorian municipalities seeking budget information stating that it is “concerned that the ďŹ nancial stability of councils is endangered by the continuation of excessive rate increasesâ€?. The ASU has requested information relating to what services other levels of government have shifted onto councils and, in turn, have then failed to provide sufďŹ cient remuneration to councils. Alpine Dorpers’ stud principal Nicola Bussell said it was common knowledge that farm incomes were falling because of increasing production costs, despite higher prices that some commodities are experiencing. “We need to draw a line now and look at farm profitability across Victoria,â€? Ms Bussell said. “As farm incomes rise, so too should rates. “However, if farm incomes fall, so too should rates, therefore the rating system should be tied to business proďŹ tability, regardless of the business, as that is ultimately where rates will always be paid out of.â€? Ms Bussell said that this then gives councils the incentive to look after all businesses, including their farm business base, to ensure they are sustainable and can increase, rather than decrease their earnings. “Councils could then become much more focused on a realistic business model regarding their rating schemes, rather than taxing businesses, especially agricultural businesses, to their death, as each council scrambles to make up their own funding and budget shortfalls in today’s tougher economic climate,â€? she said. Ms Bussell and her
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Using data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and from local council budgets, the VFF has compiled a report outlining the unfair rate burden on farmers. The report reveals that the average rate bill paid by farm businesses is $6699 – an average of $4008 more than the average commercial business assessment of $2691. “Many farmers are paying $10,000 or more in rates and we even have some paying in excess of $40,000,� Mr Tuohey said. “The reality is as the federal and state governments cut back grant funding to councils, it’s farmers who are being forced to make up the shortfall in many rural councils. “In 2013 we saw council rate rises of up to 15 per cent for farmers, which came on top of repeated, unsustainable rate rises. “While many local councils have applied differential rates to farms, the VFF analysis shows that farm differentials need to be used more effectively to address inequity issues around land valuations. “This is why a full review looking into the fairness and equity of the rating system and option to address local government sustainability is urgently required.� The report indicates that in some shires, farm businesses are paying more than 60 per cent of the total council rate revenue. “This is neither sustainable nor equitable, especially when Federal Government has frozen indexation on the local government grant scheme putting a $134 million black hole in council budgets,� Mr Tuohey said. The VFF is developing a toolkit to assist members in understanding and negotiating the application of municipal rates in their council. While the VFF welcomes the State Government’s recently released set of principals under the Essential Services Commission (ESC) where it can review any council
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Lucerne boosts Finley farm production THERE is no big secret with running a productive, low-cost pasture fed dairy according to Finley farmer, Chris White. Pasture quality has to be high, it needs to produce good bulk and it also has to make the most of every drop of irrigation water. After all, cows can only eat so much, so the better the feed quality the more megajoules of energy the more milk. Mr White and his wife Heather, are constantly looking for ways to boost pasture production, particularly over summer. They run 1100 milking cows on their 800 hectare property that is about 80 per cent irrigated. Currently, they have 190 hectares of lucerne that is cut for silage, hay and grazed over the summer months. Mr White’s cows graze a tightly controlled area of lucerne during the day and fescue at night as the lucerne is an ideal protein source and higher in sugar and the fescue balances out the diet. Tr a d i t i o n a l l y, t h e Whites have grown lucerne varieties that have high winter activity ratings of 10, but more recently, they are realising the need
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North East Farmer, Page 15
Wine directory new edition shows fewer companies in the business THE 33rd edition of The Australian and New Zealand Wine Industry Directory (WID) has just been released and for the first time in 30 years the directory has shown a net loss in the number of companies. The latest edition lists 2481 Australian companies that commercially sell their wine, with the 2015 edition having gained 103 new wine companies despite the loss in the number of companies in the industry. WID editor Michael Major said the net loss of 92 wine companies is not indicative of the overall health of the Australian wine industry, which has experienced an increase in domestic sales of wine in the past 12 months. “We did see a number of companies go out of business, others merged with larger companies, while some companies dropped their wine production and focused only on grape growing,” Mr Major said. In 2015, Victoria has the greatest number of wine producers with 745 listed, compared with 703 in South Australia, 469 in NSW/ACT, 113 in Tasma-
nia, 85 in Queensland and 366 in WA. “Prior to this year the number of companies listed had been doubling every decade. “The 620 companies in 1990 had almost doubled by 2000 (to 1197) and in the next decade more than doubled to 2420 in 2010. “While the rate of growth has slowed, in the past 10 years the directory
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May 2015
A good quality water debate essential The extremely intense rainfalls that typify the North Coast mean, however, that major oods can temporarily raise the ow of the Clarence to levels equivalent to some of the largest rivers in the world. Following the April issue of the North East and Goulburn Murray Farmer I wish to raise a very emotional and politically sensitive issue. Last month, the article by the chief scientist for Australia, Ian Chubb called on people to apply
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security to northern rivers owing west and the Darling system including Menindee Lakes. We have the skilled people existing in the coal and iron industries so it only requires the will of the Federal Government. The speakers against this idea are Tim Flannery, the ocean commercial ďŹ shing industry, tourism, and the environmental proponents of all facets. I ask you to consider the argument on good science and not as an emotional issue. Given the climatic changes that are happening right across southern Australia, science can provide an open forum with good data to guide the debate. For example, Perth is now reliant on desalination and was also re-zoned on the past 30 years of rainfall, and the Darling river is not coping with the needs. There is a change in rainfall patterns in both western and southern areas of Victoria.
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North East Farmer, Page 17
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North East Farmer, Page 19
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GIVE our readers a quick snapshot of your farm at Yarrawonga. We farm 550 hectares with soil ranging from heavy clay to light, stony rises. The heavy clay is subject to inundation in wetter than average seasons. About 250 hectares are cropped yearly with a combination of wheat, feed barley, and depending on the season, lupins or canola. Wheat or barley is also sown for grazing to support a lamb finishing enterprise that turns off up to 5000 trade weight lambs per year. Lambs are grazed on 100 hectares of dry land, lucerne supplementary fed with grain or pellets or finished in a small feedlot depending on the time of year and seasonal conditions
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