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Flagship $500m carbon farming project a ‘disaster’: Peak producers group
More than 67 per cent of the state is drought declared, including all council areas south and west of Rockhampton.
AgForce chief executive Mike Guerin said the rural sector was very aware of the dire climate forecasts.
AgForce’s chief executive Mike Guerin says rural producers argue they can help reduce carbon emission more if Queensland’s flagship Land Restoration Fund is redesigned.
He said farmers wanted the Land Restoration Fund to be scrapped and taken back to the drawing board, redesigned to encourage carbon farming.
“The Land Restoration Fund in our view is great in theory, but has been a disaster in practice,” Mr Guerin said.
“We’ve had producers going to workshops over the last few years keen to understand how they can apply…
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