<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Farm leaders have warned Australia faces a potential national food delivery freeze that could leave millions hungry in an ever-more destabilised world.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The NSW Farmers Federation has warned that Australia's limited fuel reserves could come under serious threat in a potential global emergency.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australia has just 22 days of diesel reserves, which could badly damage Australia's food security amid continuing international trade turmoil, and leave producers with no way of getting food to shops and supermarkets - or even of growing it in the first place.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-cnn-poll-worst-disapproval-rating-ever/9de1f1b2-6c22-400e-8e61-f077957599c5" target="_blank"><strong><span>Trump plummets to a stunning new low</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Our fuel insecurity is the leak in the tank that could drain our nation of vital food supplies and export markets in just days," NSW Farmers acting chief executive Mike Guerin said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"One iceberg sank the Titanic, but a thousand things could stop our oil tankers from reaching Australian shores.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"And no fuel means no farm machinery, no tractors, no trucks – and that means no food on shelves, no food in shops, and no food leaving our shores."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/farmers-organisation-dire-warning-over-food-freeze-in-fuel-insecurity/81eb6218-5ec2-499f-bb58-8ab7bd418394" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/bella-culley-update-pregnant-british-teen-arrested-for-drug-smuggling-in-georgia-released-after-guilty-verdict/ffa2048a-de7c-4169-959b-2f9e0964601c" target="_blank"><strong><span>How pregnant teen went from Thai holiday to jail in Georgia</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The peak farm body is calling for a new national program to monitor stocks of key agricultural inputs, such as fuel, to ensure food security.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mapping of the supply chains that provide fuel and other inputs to the nation must be included within any new program to monitor stocks of these supplies, Guerin said, alongside an early warning system to alert the nation to shortages before it was too late.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Farmers deserve to know when a shortage of fuel, fertiliser or another key input is imminent, so they can prepare accordingly," Guerin said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/torre-dei-conti-collapse-medieval-tower-in-rome-partially-collapses-during-renovations-injuring-worker/2e0e2ebd-1b3f-4f7c-b582-180e405c39ea" target="_blank"><strong><span>Medieval tower collapses in the heart of Rome</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The program should also be working actively to prevent shortages of these inputs, and have plans in place to relieve shortages, not if, but when, they occur.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This isn't about triggering panic buying but about preventing a national standstill in food supplies – and with 27 million hungry mouths to feed just in Australia, we just can't keep risking it until the system fails."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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