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Farmers need input costs surety
Woolworths has changed the name of its prod- ucts to no longer use the Russian ‘Kiev’ spelling.
Woolworths Chicken Kyiv
TAKING a stance on the Russian-Ukraine conflict, Woolworths has changed the name of some prod- ucts to no longer use the Russian spelling.
“Kyiv is the globally recognised name of the capital, so it’s only appropriate to reflect that in the labelling of the product.”
Recently announced and to recognise the true name of the Ukrainian capi- tal city, Woolworths own brand would be changed to ‘Chicken Kyiv’.
Australian Federa- tion of Ukrainian Or- ganisations chairman Stefan Romaniw said the local action on the global issue showed respect for Australian- Ukrainians.
The supermarket gi- ant discussed the mat- ter with the Australian Federation of Ukrain- ian Organisations and felt it was a small but meaningful change to stand in solidarity with Ukrainians living in Australia.
“Woolworths gets it – Ukraine is dif- ferent to Russia,” Mr Romaniw said.
A Woolworths spokesperson said,
“That’s why using the Russian spelling for the Ukrainian cap- ital Kyiv has always offended Ukrainians.”
“Ukraine has its own language, its own cul- ture, its own history.
QUEENSLAND Farm- ers’ Federation led a del- egation of members to meet with federal Min- ister for Agriculture Da- vid Littleproud recently to discuss the sustain- ability of the agriculture sector in the face of spi- ralling input costs and concerns regarding input supply security.
on how industry and gov- ernment can work closely together to find solutions.
absorbed many of these price increases, however this is not sustainable.
“Our farmers have been absorbing the bulk of these costs.
Federal Government to work with industry to find and progress ways to pro- vide farmers with surety and security of supply of fuel and other volatile in- puts.
With diesel prices hit- ting record levels and farm input costs across the board rising signifi- cantly, QFF and its mem- ber organisations were pleased to take the op- portunity to meet with Mr Littleproud to not only voice their concerns but to also initiate discussion
“Fuel, fertiliser, chemi- cals and many other in- puts are sourced from overseas,” Ms Sheppard said.
“Every delivery of ferti- liser, seed, stock and such will increase.
QFF chief executive of- ficer Jo Sheppard said that member feedback clearly demonstrated the growing concern of farm- ers who cannot continue to bear the brunt of in- creasing input costs.
“This latest increase in fuel prices will have an impact on every aspect of production and is com- pounding the problem of already rising input costs.”
“It’s simply not sustain- able.
“Over the past two years, we have seen the costs of these increase by in some cases 150 percent.
“Over the past few years, we have seen mass- ive increases in the costs of fuel, fertilisers and electricity to name a few, with no requisite rise in farm gate prices or retail,” Ms Sheppard said.
“On farm, the costs of operating machinery in- creases.
“A reliable cost-effec- tive supply chain is criti- cal to the future of agri- culture.
“Most consumers have not yet seen the impact of this as farmers have
“We are all being im- pacted by the increased cost of fuel.”
Farmers are concerned with not only the price hikes but with the future security of supply of many key farm inputs also.
“If you accept that Aus- tralia runs on trucks, it’s easy to see how these fuel spikes are going to play out.
“There are many vari- ables in farming, but the sector has been innovat- ing for many years to build its capacity to man- age risk,” Ms Sheppard said.
“And, getting produce to retailers and consumer increases too.
“We need the Federal Government to work closely with industry to help shore up the supply of fuel and other key in- puts, so that farmers have a secure and stable en- vironment to operate in, costs can be contained, and we can continue to do what our farming sec- tor does best in producing high quality, food, fibre and foliage.
“Over the past few years, we have seen massive increases in the costs of fuel, fertilisers and electricity to name a few, with no requisite rise in farm gate prices or retail,” Jo Sheppard said.
“And while it was heart- ening to hear the Federal Government believes that fuel supply is secure and prices will stabilise, QFF will be continuing discus- sions with the Minister’s office to progress initia- tives that will support the development of input cost management issues and security of input supply security on other items such as fertiliser as a mat- ter of urgency.”
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“QFF and its members appreciated the opportu- nity to meet with Minister Littleproud to raise these concerns and discuss sev- eral ways forward.
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