Opinion

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current polls

Q: Should Cattle Council get a proportion of the $5 transaction levy to boost funding of its operations?

Yes
No
Only if Cattle Council starts doing more to represent the beef industry
The government should provide additional funding

past polls

Q: Which of these agriculture related terms from the Macquarie Word of the Year 2011 list is your favourite?

Balancer

(1.5%)

Buffalo fly

(4.2%)

Dairyness

(6.1%)

Genetic gain

(4.6%)

Meteogram

(1.2%)

Superfruit

(2.7%)

Fracking

(23%)

Peak P

(2.1%)

Soil liquefication

(5.6%)

Solar farm

(6.1%)

Wind farm syndrome

(10%)

Food security

(32.8%)

Total Votes: 521
Poll Date: 26 January, 2012

Q: Do you think the government is doing enough to monitor foreign ownership of Australian farmland?

Yes

(10.6%)

(89.4%)

Total Votes: 898
Poll Date: 23 January, 2012

Q: Do you wear a helmet when riding your quad bike on the farm?

Yes

(16.1%)

(74.5%)

Sometimes

(9.4%)

Total Votes: 310
Poll Date: 16 January, 2012

Q: What do you think is the most important big issue confronting farmers at the moment?

Water

(20.1%)

Foreign ownership

(21.2%)

Climate change

(10.6%)

Supermarket prices for farm produce

(43.6%)

Genetically modified crops

(4.6%)

Total Votes: 349
Poll Date: 09 January, 2012

Q: Should State governments embrace wind farm technology?

Yes

(49.5%)

(50.5%)

Total Votes: 398
Poll Date: 02 January, 2012

Q: What did you have as your main meal this Christmas?

Pork

(14.2%)

Ham

(23.6%)

Turkey

(23%)

Chicken

(7.4%)

Beef

(6.1%)

Lamb

(8.1%)

Seafood

(12.8%)

Vegetarian

(2.7%)

Other

(2%)

Total Votes: 148
Poll Date: 28 December, 2011

Q: Do you think Indonesia would have cut its import quota if the June ban didn't happen?

Yes

(19.2%)

(71.9%)

Unsure

(8.8%)

Total Votes: 452
Poll Date: 19 December, 2011

Q: Do you think consumers in general believe farmers don't produce food ethically?

Yes - consumers in general don't trust farmers

(32%)

No - consumers in general understand modern farming practices

(30.2%)

Somewhere in between

(37.7%)

Total Votes: 506
Poll Date: 12 December, 2011

Q: Do supermarkets charge their customers too little?

Yes

(27.4%)

(72.6%)

Total Votes: 401
Poll Date: 05 December, 2011

Q: What is your initial reaction to the draft Murray Darling Basin Plan?

Extremely positive

(5.6%)

Positive

(14.7%)

Indifferent

(16.7%)

Negative

(29.7%)

Extremely negative

(33.4%)

Total Votes: 539
Poll Date: 28 November, 2011

Q: Are you happy with the job MLA is doing in its marketing and R&D efforts for the red meat industry?

Yes

(25.1%)

(53.7%)

Wait and see how the new directors do

(21.2%)

Total Votes: 339
Poll Date: 21 November, 2011

Q: Do you believe that agriculture is going to be able to keep up with our ever-expanding population?

Yes

(31.3%)

(41%)

Only if global farming practices and efficiencies improve rapidly

(27.6%)

Total Votes: 351
Poll Date: 14 November, 2011

Q: While appropriate regulations are being formulated, do you think CSG extraction in Australia should cease?

Yes

(47.6%)

(17.5%)

It should cease permanently

(34.9%)

Total Votes: 693
Poll Date: 07 November, 2011

Q: Do you think the Farmer Review will make a difference to animal welfare?

Yes

(18.4%)

(42.3%)

Time will tell...

(39.3%)

Total Votes: 272
Poll Date: 31 October, 2011

Q: Do you like the new advertising approach being taken to promote Australia’s wool?

Yes

(71.1%)

(28.9%)

Total Votes: 204
Poll Date: 24 October, 2011

Q: Do you believe the NBN will bring positive changes for you and your community when access is secured in your region?

Yes

(22.4%)

(60.6%)

It already has

(0.6%)

There will be some benefits, but it has flaws

(16.5%)

Total Votes: 545
Poll Date: 17 October, 2011

Q: If you had a broader choice, who would be your preferred Prime Minister?

Julia Gillard

(6%)

Tony Abbott

(39.3%)

Malcolm Turnbull

(25.1%)

Bob Katter

(11.3%)

None of the above

(18.3%)

Total Votes: 1093
Poll Date: 10 October, 2011

Q: Do you think extending traceability to all live export markets is the right move?

Yes

(52.2%)

(31.1%)

That alone won't be enough

(16.6%)

Total Votes: 379
Poll Date: 03 October, 2011

Q: Do you believe you’ll notice much of an impact on your life when the carbon tax comes into effect next year?

Yes

(79.2%)

(15.1%)

Mildly

(5.7%)

Total Votes: 634
Poll Date: 27 September, 2011

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