Renewable energy, national traceability reforms and feral pigs were front and centre for farmers debating the key issues affecting agriculture at the NSW Farmers 2024 Annual Conference yesterday.
NSW Farmers President Xavier Martin says conference delegates were clear that as the nation’s energy transition progressed, the need to find practical solutions to reduce the impact on farmers was a critical concern.
National traceability reforms were also on the agenda, with farmers warning their support for the reforms remained contingent on several key principles being met.
While delegates voted against a motion to establish a feral pig bounty, farmers supported a call for coordinated measures to fight feral pigs at the conference, with other motions passing yesterday included implementing the recommendations of the Dyer review into community engagement on renewable energy projects, situating nuclear plants at existing coal-fired power sites, establishing an online mapping portal to guide land use on rural land and subsiding varroa mite treatment costs for NSW beekeepers.
