Nationals MPs snub launch of farming group's climate change report

Australia's agricultural production will fall and food insecurity will rise without a climate strategy, report warns

Nationals MPs have snubbed a farmers' group launching a major climate change report that warns the Australian agricultural sector faces "significant threats to viability" without a new national climate strategy.

The report, launched by the Farmers for Climate Action group at Parliament House on Monday, warns that agricultural production will fall, farm profits will decline and food insecurity will increase if the government does not come up with a cohesive national strategy on climate change and agriculture.