The Department of Health has issued alerts for a number of mosquito-borne diseases recently. They include Murray Valley encephalitis (MVE), Japanese encephalitis (JE), Ross River virus and Barmah Forest virus. Anyone with symptoms should seek urgent medical care. Keep your…
As this year draws to a close, we look back over the last 12 months and to the coming year ahead. The VFF/UDV continued to work hard to minimise disruptions to dairy businesses due to the impact of Covid restrictions.…
At its December meeting, the VFF Policy Council has adopted policies on:
The Essential Services Commission is currently developing an enforceable code of practice in relation to how electricity transmission companies access land. This code of practice will place enforceable obligations on electricity transmission companies when they access land under section 93…
The East Gippsland Rural Strategy is open for comment until 3 February 2023. The VFF encourages farmers in East Gippsland Shire to read the draft strategy and ensure that it understands the agricultural sector and to ensure policy enhances the…
Agriculture Victoria animal health and welfare staff are providing hands-on help to pig owners to develop an on-farm biosecurity plan. Click here to read more.
The VFF are gathering info to submit to the annual National Skills Commission – Skills Priority List. If you’ve been impacted by workforce shortages, let us know here by completing a short survey. Results of this survey will inform our…
A big thank you to those who have tuned in to our recent 2022 VFF Election Forums. For those who couldn’t tune in live or wish to watch it again, click below to watch a recording: A reminder, you can…
To assist in guiding our advocacy efforts to improve rural and regional childcare availability, we want to hear from our Members. If you’re interested in contributing your experiences to our Childcare Case Study, you can fill out the short survey…
A big thank you to those of you tuned in to our recent VFF Grains Pre-harvest Roadshow recently. For those of you who missed it or would like to listen again, you can click the below recordings to listen now:…
Farming and rural communities will have the opportunity to test the candidates standing at the Victorian state election at upcoming forums to be hosted by the VFF. Candidates will be asked for their position on the key commitments sought by…
The VFF’s Making Our Farms Safer (MOFS) team has released a series of educational standard safe operating procedure videos that aim to support farmers in correctly carrying out some of the most high-risk tasks leading to incidents on Victorian farms.…