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Tax and regulation for farm business sustainability

Farm Policy Journal, Spring 2018

Growing collaboration and innovation within rural research and development

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Tax and regulation for farm business sustainability

Farm Policy Journal, Spring 2018

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The implications of digital agriculture and big data

2018 John Ralph Essay Competition Winner

The 2018 John Ralph Essay Competition winner is Deanna Lush, a strategic communication specialist working in primary production, natural resources and agripolitics. Deanna's Churchill Fellowship report investigating trust in agriculture was published in 2018, and this report largely informed her winning submission on the topic: Society should determine the right to farm.

Deanna's premise is that with an increasing gap between city and country and increasing scrutiny of farming, it is not a question of whether society should determine the right to farm: society is already determining the right to farm.

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Spring Journal: Tax and regulation for farm business sustainability

‘Nothing is certain but death and taxes’: it is appropriate that this proverb is attributed to many sources. Regulation impacting on farm business sustainability is a many-headed monster originating from multiple agendas and political platforms. As is made clear in this issue of the journal, there are many issues impacting on farm business performance, management and sustainability. What also emerges is that there are multiple ways of addressing those issues – because, while death and taxes are certain, so is the fact that we will always need a viable agriculture sector.
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The impacts of energy costs on the Australian agriculture sector

Data on the cost of energy to Australian agriculture is surprisingly sparse. The energy debate has thus occurred in an environment where there has been limited ability to estimate the sectoral and value chain impact of energy policy changes. This research compiled available data and estimated the cost of energy to agriculture and for sub-sectors and value chain components. The data has been built into the Energy Cost Calculator which can be used to model the impact of energy price changes on Australian agriculture.

Energy Cost Calculator & report

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Changing of the guard

Founding Executive Director Mick Keogh resigned from the AFI at the end of May 2018 to take up a full-time role with the ACCC.

The AFI Board appointed Richard Heath (formerly GM Research) as the next Executive Director.

The Board thanks Mick for his foundational role in the AFI’s creation and development and wishes him well in his new role, and is very confident that Richard and the AFI team will continue to develop the role of the Institute in shaping policies that positively impact on the agriculture sector.

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