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Fri 7 Feb 2025

GrainGrowers submission into Northern Australia

In GrainGrowers submission, it was outlined that increased production of broadacre crops in northern Australia would not only increase economic activity in the region, but would also bolster the resilience of the cattle industry, by providing more domestic feed, closer to where cattle are located, rather than having to source grain and other feed from further south, especially in times of drought. Read the submission in full to find out more.

GrainGrowers welcomed the opportunity to provide a submission to the Joint Select Committee on Northern Queensland. With Northern Australia a vital resource for both national food security and economic prosperity, GrainGrowers submission outlined some areas of importance:

  • The potential to expand broadacre crop production
  • Protecting Northern Australia's phosphate reserves
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