Protect Our Farms’ support for an Agricultural Committee

Set out the economic case. Victorian farmland is eight times more productive per hectare than the national average and produces a quarter of the nation’s food and fibre from just 3% of Australia’s farmland. In Mitchell Shire, farmland is 34.2% of the land area, agricultural output is valued at $217.48 million with $147.64 million in exports, and 408 primary-producer businesses employ more than 600 Shire residents. Argued that a committee drawn from rural and farming communities would give Councillors and staff an agricultural perspective when assessing planning, zoning, investment and development decisions.