The ‘three Cs’ hurting our farmers

Peak industry group Queensland Farmers Federation have put the spike down to “the three Cs” – COVID, climate and commodity prices.There are 1847 Queensland farmers on the Farm Household Allowance hardship payments, which pay $565 a week for singles as well as additional cash for the coronavirus supplement during the pandemic.

But it is an increase of a third compared to the same time last year, compared to the national increase of just 18 per cent. There have also…



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