Current Supporters

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NSW Farmers' Association
NSW Farmers' Association is the representative voice of farmers in NSW. The Association is a dedicated team of policy analysts, industrial relations specialists and people with years of experience in rural communities. It works to ensure the best possible results for farmers, as well as rural and regional communities. The Association works hard to develop effective working relationships with key politicians and public servants to represent the farming concerns of its members and to achieve effective legislation for the benefit of its members.
For further information, visit the NSW Farmers' Association's website.
NSW Farmers' Association
Meat & Livestock Australia Limited (MLA) Meat & Livestock Australia Limited (MLA) is a producer-owned company that delivers world-class services and solutions for the Australian red meat and livestock industry in partnership with industry and government. MLA's core activities are building demand for Australian red meat, improving market access for our products, conducting research and development to provide competitive advantages for the industry, and collaborating with our partners to build capability within the industry.
For more information, visit the MLA website
 
Westpac Agribusiness
Westpac is Australia’s first bank and since its beginnings in 1817 has been supporting Agribusiness across the country. Through droughts, flood and recessions we understand the cyclical nature of agriculture and our experienced Agribusiness banking team is ready to help you reach your goals. Our Agribusiness bankers have the support of a team of experts in insurance, financial and succession planning as well as commodity price risk experts to ensure we can provide the best financial solutions for your farming operation.
With a local presence and decision making capability, Westpac Agribusiness can work with you today. For more information, visit the Westpac Agribusiness website.

 
Pfizer
Pfizer Animal Health is committed to the health and wellbeing of animals, through providing reliable and effective medications for livestock and companion animals. Pfizer has a leading portfolio of medicines that prevent, treat and cure diseases across a broad range of therapeutic areas, and an industry-leading pipeline of promising new products in current and future areas of medicine.  Pfizer has local research and manufacture facilities as well as major locations in the US, Asia and Europe so we can deliver quality products for Australian needs.
Pfizer is Australia’s largest animal health company, with a base in Sydney and a large team of field based representatives and veterinarians.For more information on Pfizer Animal Health worldwide visit Pfizer animal health website.
 
       

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Grain Growers Limited
Grain Growers Limited (GrainGrowers) promotes the development of a sustainable, viable and efficient Australian grains industry. To achieve this GrainGrowers promotes the interests of all Australian grain producers. As an industry services organisation, GrainGrowers provides grower and industry development, technical market information, on-farm research and engineering services and industry capacity programs. All these activities underpin GrainGrowers strategic priority of working on behalf of Australian grain growers and in partnership with industry and government to deliver world class services and solutions that are flexible and responsive to the changing domestic and global industry needs and opportunities.

For more information, visit the GrainGrowers website.


Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)
Established in 2001, AWI is a not-for-profit company owned by over 30,000 Australian woolgrowers. The Company invests in research, development, innovation and marketing along the global supply chain for Australian wool – from the fibre to fashion – from woolgrowers through to retailers. AWI offers fresh, attainable opportunities for woolgrowing, processing, manufacturing and retailing, specifically designed to help grow profits. The primary aim is to increase the demand for Australian Merino wool by investing in innovation and marketing.

See the AWI website here.
 
Rural Press Limited
Rural Press was formed in 1911 and has since undergone considerable expansion to become Australia’s largest rural and regional publisher and printer. In Australia, New Zealand and the United States, Rural Press publish 156 regional mastheads, 2 metropolitan mastheads and 55 agricultural mastheads; print at 16 web printing and 4 commercial sheet printing sites; operate 10 Farm Shows, and own and operate 9 radio licences.
For further information, visit the Rural Press website.
Rural Press Limited
Rabobank
Rabobank is one of Australia’s leading and most respected rural financiers. With food, beverage and agribusiness experts in over 30 countries, Rabobank’s local and international network of researchers, analysts and finance specialists are uniquely placed to help maximise business opportunities. Rabobank has the expertise to finance every facet of the value chain, from primary producers through to large co-operatives and major companies, both private and listed, operating in the food, beverage and agribusiness sectors. With over 100 years’ experience in agribusiness, Rabobank is one of the world’s leading financial institutions, and has the strengths of a AAA rating. Last year it was ranked the world’s safest private bank by Global Finance magazine.
To talk to a bank that understands farming and agribusiness, call 1800 657 394 or visit the Rabobank website.
Rabobank
Commonwealth Bank
The Commonwealth Bank is one of Australia's leading financial institutions with businesses in New Zealand, Asia and the United Kingdom. They are positioned for future growth, and aim to provide accessible banking and financial services for all Australians; fair, safe, challenging and rewarding employment for staff and to reward all shareholders through dividends and capital growth. The Commonwealth Bank offers a comprehensive range of agricultural price risk management solutions such as hedging, that covers wheat, wool, cotton, canola, corn and live cattle commodities.
Learn more by visiting the Commonwealth Bank's website.
Commonwealth Bank Agribusiness
Nufarm Australia Limited
Nufarm Limited is one of the world's leading crop protection companies. We produce products which help farmers protect their crops against damage caused by weeds, pests and disease. With manufacturing and marketing operations based in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas, Nufarm employs more than 2,500 people, all of whom make a vital contribution to the company's reputation for quality products, innovation and first class marketing and technical support. Proudly based in Australia, Nufarm is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (symbol NUF). Its head office is located at Laverton in Melbourne.
For more information, visit the Nufarm website.
Nufarm Australia Limited
Landmark
Landmark is a leading Australian agribusiness company, a part of rural Australia for 150 years. We offer a broad range of products and services across merchandise, fertiliser, farm services, wool, livestock, finance, insurance and real estate. Our understanding of all sectors of agriculture allows us to deliver products, services and value to our employees, customers and shareholders.
For more information, visit the Landmark website.
Australian Agricultural Company (AAco)
AAco was established in 1824 and is the oldest continuously operating company in Australia.Currently operating 19 cattle stations, 2 feedlots and 3 farms, AAco is the custodian of over 7.2 million hectares (about 1.1% of Australia’s land mass). With over 500 staff, AAco is the largest beef cattle Company in Australia. AAco became a publicly listed company on August 10, 2001.
For more information about AAco, please visit the AAco website.
 
Elanco Animal Health
Elanco is a global, innovation-driven company that develops and markets products to improve animal health and protein production in more than 75 countries. Elanco employs more than 2,300 people worldwide, with offices in more than 40 countries, and is a division of Eli Lilly and CompanyLink opens in a new window, a leading global pharmaceutical corporation.
 

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Australian Pork Limited
Australian Pork Limited is the national representative body for Australian pig producers. It is a producer-owned, not-for-profit company combining marketing, export development, research, innovation and strategic policy development to assist in securing a profitable and sustainable future for the Australian pork industry. Australian Government legislation, a contract between the government and APL and APL’s constitution provide the legal framework for APL’s operations.
For further information, visit the Australian Pork Limited website

Australian Food & Fibre Limited Australian Food & Fibre Limited engages in growing and marketing cotton and other farm products, including horticultural products in Australia. It produces cotton, wheat, barley, sorghum, sunflower, canola, citrus, and mangoes. The company also grows and sells table grapes, as well as sells cattle.
Australian Food & Fibre Limited is headquartered in Moree, Australia.
 
Ridley Corporation Limited
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Ridley Corporation Limited
Monsanto Australia
Monsanto is a leading provider of agricultural solutions to growers worldwide. It provides biotechnology traits for insect protection and herbicide tolerance, and its Roundup branded products are the world's best selling herbicides. Today, Monsanto's focus in Australia is on plant biotechnology. Monsanto is committed to the responsible development of innovative new technologies for the farming industry. It believes that agriculture can be both more productive and more environmentally sustainable and it is working to develop products that can contribute to these goals in a socially responsible way.
For further information, visit the Monsanto Australia website.
Monsanto Australia
Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association
The TFGA is the voice of primary producers and the peak body representing Tasmanian farmers at a state and national level. TFGA deals with a wide range of issues on behalf of members including water and environment, quarantine and bio-security, property rights and land use, education and training, infrastructure including telecommunications and power, rural crime, occupational health and safety and trade access as well as commodity specific issues.
For more information, visit the TFGA website.
 
Queensland Farmers' Federation
The Queensland Farmers' Federation (QFF) unites 16 of Queensland's peak rural industry organisations who collectively represent more than 13,000 primary producers across the state. Members range from cane growers and fruit and vegetable growers in the north, to cotton growers in the central-west, to prawn farmers in the east, and dairy farmers in the south, not to mention the countless other commodities in between. Through QFF, rural industry resources are pooled to ensure powerful representation and effective strategy development on important issues. For more information, visit the QFF website.
Queensland Farmers' Federation
Auscott Limited
Auscott Limited, established in 1963, is a major, vertically-integrated agribusiness company. Concentrating on irrigated cotton and grains, the company has well established production areas supported by extensive cotton ginning, warehousing, marketing and shipping capabilities. As well as processing its own production, Auscott gins, markets and ships cotton for many independent growers and family farms. The company is a major innovator and operates one of the most modern agricultural enterprises in Australia. It has operations at Moree, Narrabri, Warren, Trangie and Sydney plus a cotton classing and testing facility at Artarmon (Sydney). Auscott is an active participant across a broad range of cotton industry organisations and broader agricultural bodies. The company has considerable expertise in agronomy, processing and marketing and strongly supports research and development across the range of its activities.
For further information, contact the Sydney office on +61 2 9295 4800
Auscott Limited
Clyde Agriculture Limited
Clyde Agriculture Limited is a privately owned company that is principally in the business of producing food and fibre. Food production includes wheat, barley, chickpeas, canola, cottonseed, beef, lamb and mutton. Fibre production consists of cotton and wool. With operational headquarters in Bourke, Clyde owns and operates nineteen rural holdings/aggregations in northern NSW and Western Queensland upon which these commodities are produced. Additionally, Clyde operates a cotton gin to process its own cotton, as well as that of other growers. It also owns the Port of Bourke Hotel. Clyde is owned 100% by John Swire & Sons Pty Ltd, the Australian holding company for the UK-based Swire Group. Clyde normally employs approximately 120 permanent staff and has two subsidiaries: Darling River Cotton Pty Ltd, which operates the cotton gin at Bourke, and Wesbeef Agencies Pty Ltd, a licensed stock and station agent that operates only on behalf of the parent company.
For more information, visit the Clyde website.
Clyde Agriculture Limited
Cotton Seed Distributors Ltd. The aim of Cotton Seed Distributors Ltd. is to provide to every cotton grower the highest net return potential from the cotton varieties CSD produces. To achieve this aim CSD works closely with CSIRO division of Plant Industry to have available the best possible varietal performance in conventional material and in the transgenic market, combine the attributes of the conventional varieties with the best possible biotechnology performance.
 
Mallee Sustainable Farming Inc
Mallee Sustainable Farming (MSF) Inc. is a farmer driven organisation servicing the < 350mm rainfall Mallee cropping regions of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. MSF operates within a region of over 7 million hectares extending beyond Balranald in the east to Murray Bridge in the west. The Mallee has approximately 1500 dryland farming families whose farming activities include cropping (wheat, barley, vetch, lupins and canola) and livestock (sheep for wool, lambs and cattle for meat). MSF delivers research and extension services for low rainfall dryland farmers. MSF was established in 1997 to investigate and assist farmers in implementing technological advances towards best management practice. Since then, the profitability of dryland farming in the Mallee has also increased significantly as have the environmental and social gains. For more information, visit the MSF website.

 
SunRice
SunRice is the world’s fourth largest rice food company and one of Australia’s largest exporters of processed branded-food products, exporting approximately 80% of Australia’s total annual rice production to more than 60 countries worldwide. Our history traces back to the establishment of Ricegrowers Co-operative Mills Limited in 1950. As the Rice Food Experts, SunRice delivers a daily promise of high quality and nutrition to consumers worldwide. What sets SunRice apart as a business is its portfolio of leading brands across the world. SunRice is anchored in regional Australia with access to the best quality Australian grown rice. SunRice operates three mills in Leeton, Deniliquin and Coleambally. SunRice also operates a flour mill, packing plant, speciality rice food plant, rice cake factory and three CopRice animal feed mills.
For more information, visit the SunRice website.
SunRice
Victorian Farmers Federation
The VFF is a federation made up of seven commodity groups representing farmers in the Dairy, Grains, Livestock, Horticulture, Chicken Meat, Eggs and Pig industries. It includes 19 000 members. Farmers head up each of these groups and, supported by Melbourne and regional based staff, are a united voice for farmers needs and rights. This power of unity enables the VFF to effectively lobby at all levels of government on a wide range of issues to retain equity for agriculture, rural and regional Victoria.
For more information, visit the VFF website.
VFF  
S. Kidman & Co Ltd
S. Kidman & Co Ltd is a one of Australia's largest beef producers – running 200,000 cattle and employing 220 staff. The company specialises in the production of high quality pasture-finished beef in the pastoral zones of Australia's outback, particularly the Queensland channel country. The majority of its beef production is exported to North Asia and North America.

For more information visit the S. Kidman & Co website.

S. Kidman & Co Ltd
Nuffield Australia Farming Scholars
The mission of Nuffield Australia Farming Scholars is to develop potential and promote excellence in all aspects of Australian agricultural production, distribution and management through the adoption of local and international best practice and continuous development of a unique network of industry leaders and innovators. The Association awards scholarships each year to farmers in Australia. The objective is to increase practical farming knowledge and management skills and techniques generally. These scholarships give Australian citizens the opportunity to study farming practices in Europe, Asia and North America and those countries best suited to the Scholar. They will also promote a closer understanding between farmers in the countries visited.
For more information, visit the Association's website.
Australian Nuffield Farming Scholars Association
National Australia Bank Agribusiness
NAB Agribusiness is the leading financial services provider in Australian agriculture, working with around 1 in 3 farmers across the country. NAB Agribusiness Managers are specialists in the agricultural industry and are dedicated to working with their customers to find financial solutions that fit their individual enterprise. NAB Agribusiness's 530 staff work from 110 rural and regional locations across Australia, and our Agribusiness Managers are always happy to meet with you on your property to discuss your requirements. What's more, our Agribusiness Managers work closely with commodity marketing, financial planning and insurance specialists to provide you with a complete range of financial services.
To find out more call 13 10 12 or visit www.nab.com.au/agribusiness and we'll arrange for an Agribusiness Manager to contact you.
ANZ
ANZ understands your business and industry.  ANZ has over 150 years of experience in the agribusiness industry. Over that time, ANZ has developed a strong understanding of agribusiness’ unique complexities, with a dedicated team of specialist agribusiness relationship managers. ANZ works with customers towards their long term goals, and understands that agribusinesses require a long term focus and flexible solutions to manage the inevitable cycles of prices, seasons, and farm development. ANZ Agribusiness assists businesses involved with agricultural commodities, either through its production, processing, storage & handling or marketing & trading.
For more information, visit the ANZ website.
 
Rural Finance
Rural Finance is wholly owned by the Victorian Government. It provides finance to farmers and rural business and has a loan portfolio in excess of $1.4billion making it a significant contributor to Victoria’s rural economy.  Rural Finance also has responsibility for administering the Young Farmers’ Finance Scheme, the First Farm Grant, Natural Disaster Relief Schemes and Industry Adjustment Programs on behalf of the Victorian Government. For more information, visit Rural Finance's website.