AgForce Queensland

21/11/2025

🚜 AgForce welcomes the official start of construction on the first project under the $500 million Queensland Beef Corridors Program

This is a major win for Central Queensland producers and the broader beef supply chain. Years of collaboration between local councils, industry, and the Queensland Beef Corridors group have delivered a long-term strategy to seal and upgrade the freight routes our industry depends on.

The $47.5 million early works package begins with sealing a priority section of the Clermont–Alpha Road, with upgrades also planned for:
• Alpha–Tambo Road
• Fitzroy Developmental Road
• May Downs Road

These are high-traffic cattle routes that have carried the cost of poor conditions for far too long.

AgForce Cattle strongly supports this program and acknowledges the joint commitment from the Australian Government ($400M) and Queensland Government ($100M). Improving these corridors will:
✅ Strengthen supply chains
✅ Reduce transport delays
✅ Improve safety
✅ Build long-term industry resilience

Producers in Central Queensland move more than $1.7 billion in freight each year 🚚

Better roads mean better efficiency, fewer lost hours, and safer conditions for truck drivers, station teams, and regional communities.

This is a welcome start to a 10-year plan that will deliver real, practical gains for the beef industry.

📘 More information:
https://okt.to/f9APuH

The Central Queensland Beef Roads program is a jointly funded initiative between the Australian and Queensland governments to seal beef corridors in Central Queensland that are critical to the Australian beef industry.

21/11/2025

National Farmers Federation is calling on industry partners to keep their AgCAREERSTART program alive. 🌱

The program is an on-farm gap year for turning young people into confident ag professionals. 💪🏼

🔗 Read more here https://okt.to/5YROiB

21/11/2025

Happy National Agriculture Day from AgForce! 🌾 🐮 🐑 🐐 🌱

Today we celebrate the farmers, workers, families and communities who keep Australia fed, clothed and thriving.

From the paddock to the plate, Queensland producers play a vital role in driving our economy, caring for the land, and supporting strong, sustainable regional communities.

AgForce is proud to stand with our members and the wider agriculture sector - today and every day.

👩‍🌾👨‍🌾 Thank you for everything you do and we hope you all have a wonderful day celebrating your hard work!!

21/11/2025

Special launch - new AgForce x TradeMutt shirt! 👕

Grab the newly designed 'Field Good Factor' TradeMutt shirt and help support TIACS, a free mental health counselling service for tradies, truckies, farmers and blue-collar workers.

TradeMutt donates 50% of their profit to TIACS, helping make a real difference in rural and regional communities.

Wear your support for Queensland's farmers - and start the conversation that could save a life.

Order now 👉 https://okt.to/rjuTpt

21/11/2025

It's time for this week's Friday Fun Fact, where we share surprising facts about our incredible and much loved world of agriculture 🐑🍞🐟🌱

20/11/2025

📍 Venue update for next week’s CQ Chain of Responsibility Workshops!! 🚨

Please note the following location changes:
➡️ Moura workshop will now be held in Bauhinia at the Bauhinia Community Hall.
➡️ Lochington workshop will now be held in Anakie at the Gemfields Clay Target Club.

Further details in our image below 👇 There is still time to register - visit https://okt.to/XELxy9

Thanks for your understanding - we look forward to seeing you there!

20/11/2025

Today, AgForce presented shoulder-to-shoulder with National Farmers' Federation at the Australian Senate's Environment and Communications Legislation Committee Public Hearing.

We critiqued the Australian Government's rushed processes in aiming to pass legislative amendments to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 by the end of 2025, amendments that have the potential to threaten Queensland's Property Maps of Assessable Vegetation (PMAV) system. We also strongly emphasised the need for the Government to include Australian agriculture as a core partner in all future development and implementation of this legislative reform package.

AgForce is the leading voice for Qld producers and will always advocate for reducing red tape, duplication and administrative burdens affecting Queensland's food and fibre producers 🐮 🐄 🐐 🌾

20/11/2025

Locusts and grasshoppers share a simple three-stage life cycle: egg ➡️ hopper (nymph) ➡️ adult.

Here’s how it works:
🌾 Eggs: Locusts lay batches of eggs (‘egg pods’) in soil, up to 100mm deep, sealed with a froth plug. In some areas, these egg pods cluster together in ‘egg beds,’ with up to 1,000 pods per square metre! Eggs need warmth and moisture to incubate, hatching in 2–3 weeks under ideal conditions but can remain viable in soil for up to 12 months.
🌾 Hoppers (Nymphs): Newly hatched locusts are small, flightless, and sexually immature. They progress through several growth stages (called ‘instars’) before maturing.
🌾 Adults: Fully grown locusts are capable of flight and reproduction, making early control during the nymph stage critical to breaking their life cycle.

🚨 It is important to control and manage locusts in the nymphs stage before they grow wings and fly.

✅ Early and proactive detection and control can protect pastures and crops from localised damage and potential locust swarms!

If you find large numbers of locust or nymph activity
📞 Call Biosecurity Queensland on 13 25 23 or
📝 Report online 👉 https://okt.to/KNEO8C

Learn more about managing locusts 👉 https://okt.to/qhTGPv

20/11/2025

AgriWebb is helping Queensland producers get ahead this Black Friday with 40% off all annual plans 🎉

Whether you’re managing grazing, livestock, or compliance records, AgriWebb makes it simple to plan, measure, and manage your operation, all in one place.

Don’t miss out, offer ends 30 November ⏰

👉 https://okt.to/SxEg5u

19/11/2025

‼️Join us at the Cathedral Square Markets today to celebrate the incredible people who grow our food and fibre.

🪴 Take home a free seedling, some fruit, or sunflowers
💚 See the city light up green for agriculture
👕 Be among the first to check out the new Trademutt x AgForce “Field Good Factor” workshirts, proudly supporting TIACS and rural mental health

National Ag Day is for everyone — because every meal, every fibre, and every fresh start begins with agriculture.

Let’s celebrate the heart of the bush right here in the city. 💚