Members of Victoria's peak farmer body are pushing to remove the Victorian Farmers Federation board as member frustrations boil over. Key points: A group of Victorian farmers are pushing to dismiss the VFF board The peak Victorian farmer body is under pressure from declining membership and financial losses Member are gathering 100 signatures needed to hold an extraordinary general meeting …
Farmers say the Federal Government has underestimated the cost of China's decision to place an 80 per cent tariff on Australian-grown barley. "Australia's agricultural commodity forecaster ABARES has estimated the loss to Australia from China's decision to be $330 million, but the loss to China being in the order of potentially $3.6 billion," Senator Birmingham said. The Grain Growers chair …