FOCUS explained and our priorities
FOCUS is a five pillar plan that identifies key areas where decision makers can influence the growth of our industry. Lifting profitability and improving sustainability, along with investing in stronger biosecurity and regional communities, are essential to making agriculture this nation’s next $100 billion industry.
To reach our aspiration of being the nation’s next $100 billion industry, we seek investment in the elements, outcomes and enablers which can ensure New South Wales lifts the value of its agricultural production. How we can achieve this is outlined here.
Through a partnership with government, we seek investments in the sector which will grow the value of production and ensure New South Wales can lead the nation in the value of the production of our food and fibre.
The five pillars are (click on the icon to view full details of each pillar):
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Foundations for a profitable future consolidates recent industry growth, trade and biosecurity advantages and builds on the solid foundations in the sector |
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Opportunity through innovation puts productivity at the front and centre of how we farm by using science, research and innovation to grow farming |
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Costs down, incomes up places an emphasis on profitability and margin maximisation in the context of rising input costs, competition imbalances and access to finance |
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Unlocking regional capacity recognises the need for investment in the areas which sustain, and are sustained by, agriculture |
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Stewardship of the land and our environment ensures our farming practices leave our greatest resource - our environment – stronger, and more resilient, for the future |
On the eve of the 2019 State and Federal elections, NSW Farmers is calling for commitments from all political parties that will FOCUS, and place our agricultural sector, on a firm pathway to the $100 billion industry we aspire to be.
Our priorities for the 2019 state election are: