Karl Dean: Federated Farmers Dairy Chair on the concerns that farmers are running out of fuel

Federated Farmers says farmers are experiencing fuel shortages, with some two to three weeks behind their normal fuel drops.

The US and Iran have reached a two-week ceasefire, and negotiations are planned in Pakistan this week, on a longer term settlement.

Federated Farmers Dairy Chair Karl Dean says there's no signs of this going away amid the ongoing uncertainty.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now some farmers are warning they are close to running
out of diesel because deliveries have slowed down. Importers switched
from monthly to weekly shipments last month to manage supply,
but now some farmers are running dry and having to
fill their tanks up at the petrol station. Carl Dean
is Federated Farmer's Dairy Chair and with us. Hey, Carl,
oh right, so run me through this. How bad is
this as a situation.

Speaker 2 (00:21):
I wouldn't say it's terrible. It's more the fact that
we're not hearing it going away. So we're always getting
always seems to be one or two people every day
complaining about the fact that they've been two or three
weeks behind in their fuel delivery.

Speaker 1 (00:36):
And what is an explanation for it? Because we've got
heaps of diesel in the country.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
Yeah, so most of the explanations that are coming through
are that, you know, because of that change in cycle,
and that was a month ago now, so we would
have thought that the distributors should have probably got that
sort of by now. Obviously there was some people who
have stopped piled few a potentially in the you know,

(01:02):
I don't know who, but certain people would have done
so again, that should have now filtered through and done
its dash. So hopefully it will resolve itself shortly, but
it does seem to be. You know, even if you
look on Facebook, there's always someone saying, oh til three
weeks behind, or just been told it'll still be another
two weeks before I get my petrol or diesel delivery.

Speaker 1 (01:25):
Are any other sectors in the country facing the same problem.

Speaker 2 (01:30):
It'd be interesting to know, to be asked, A lot
of other sectors probably just use service stations. There would
probably only be the agricultural, fishing and a few other
sectors that actually have bulk tanks on land.

Speaker 1 (01:42):
Which are the other sectors sectors that have bulk tanks.

Speaker 2 (01:46):
When you think of fishing, you know, the entire fishing sector,
A lot of them will have many service stations at
the port. I guess yeah. I would think the army
or the defense force would most likely have their own
supply and more of any of them experiencing the same,

(02:07):
I would hope not, because a lot of them will
be probably have large volumes to have this sort of
buffal whereas farmers normally will have enough supply for a
month or six weeks and they're fairly reliant on that
monthly or every couple of weeks delivery, depending on the usage.

Speaker 1 (02:28):
Right, Carl, Is the market going to sort this out
by itself or does this need some intervention from a
higher power like the government.

Speaker 2 (02:35):
I hope that the market sort itself out. I don't
see there's any reason why it shouldn't sort itself out.
But obviously we're just watching it with an eager eye
to make sure that it does.

Speaker 1 (02:45):
You well, here's hoping, Carl. Thanks very much, mate, Good
luck with it. Carl Dene Federated Farmer's Dairy Chair.

Speaker 2 (02:50):
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