The threat of foot and mouth disease in Indonesia means now is the time to address long term shortfalls in biosecurity funding once and for all, National Farmers Federation vice-president David Jochinke told this morning’s National Fodder Industry conference in Toowoomba.
Invoking the aphorism that you should “never let a crisis go to waste”, he said agricultural leaders are working hard to ensure the opportunity is not lost to finally address long-running short-falls in biosecurity funding.
An outbreak in Australia would be catastrophic for many in Australian agriculture, including…
