Minister for Food needed to champion farm and processor export growth

Andrew Marshall
Updated February 22 2021 - 5:44pm, first published 4:30pm
Ag's $100b goal easily fixed if we back our food processors
Ag's $100b goal easily fixed if we back our food processors

The farm sector's $100 billion production goal can be easily achieved by 2030 - and doubled - if a serious national effort is made to unite food manufacturers and farmers under a peak strategy body, or even a food ministry in Canberra.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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