Farm Business
Submission to the Glenelg Shire Council Differential Rate Proposal – February 2022
This submission outlines the VFF’s and the local farming community’s concerns with Council’s differential rate proposal and puts forward positive solutions to Council so it can achieve a fairer and more equitable rating strategy. Click the link below to download…
Rural Housing and Settlement Strategy
The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) welcomes the opportunity to submit in response to theMoyne Planning Scheme amendment – C70moyn. The farming community routinely expressesconcern that agricultural issues are not being properly considered by the Victorian and local planning systems. Read…
VFF Supplementary Submission to the 2020-21 Victorian State Budget
The Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) is pleased to provide this supplementary budget submission. Since February when we provided you our 2020/21 budget submission, Victoria has confronted the greatest challenge of our modern history, the COVID-19 pandemic. In June, Rabobank found…
State Budget 2020-21
Victorian farmers contribute over $13.16 billion to Victoria’s economy, representing 27.8% of the state’s exports valued at $11.9 billion. Over 87,000 Victorians are employed in the state’s agricultural industries that underpins our rural and regional communities. In order to continue…
Proposed Solar Farms – Shepparton District
The Greater Shepparton Planning Scheme clearly identifies areas of strategic agricultural value that should be protected from loss. As there is no locational reason as to why these applications cannot be facilitated outside strategic agricultural / irrigated land, planning permission…