Farming the Territory since 1926

ACT Farmers is the peak body for the farming families who look after the ACT's rural land.

Formally the ACT Rural Landholders' Association of Farmers, we have spoken for the Territory's primary producers since 1926. Our members manage more than 40,000 hectares — around 15 per cent of the ACT — across 160 farming families, running everything from broadacre grazing to vineyards, orchards and truffle forests, and producing more than 450 tonnes of food a year.

We advocate for farmers and for best-practice farming, work to make the ACT's rural lease and licence system fairer and simpler, and help Canberrans understand that working farms are still part of their city. Canberra is the only capital in Australia where you can drive from one side to the other and pass working farms the whole way. We intend to keep it that way.