The annual conference has the theme “farming is...” and will include discussions about the state government’s AgriVision 2050 plan and what that may look like for the state’s primary producers in the coming years.

TFGA CEO Peter Skillern said the conference will give TFGA members and guests the opportunity to discuss the AgriVision 2050 plan as well as provide benchmarks as to how it would be achievable. “It will be an opportunity to talk about what it [Agrivision 2050] might look like and whether it’s appropriate to have a target that is 35 years away. Should we be thinking about real targets and milestones to get us there,” Mr Skillern said.

Special guest for the conference will be Victorian farmer Alana Johnson. A pioneer in rural women’s leadership in Australia, Alana is a founding member of Australian Women in Agriculture and former president of the Foundation for Australian Agricultural Women. Alana is a member of a fifth generation farming family, breeding cattle and growing trees near Benalla in Victoria. Mr Skillern said the conference had been held in July for the past couple of years and often provided a social outing for some of those in the agriculture sector.