As of June 2024[update] the president of the National Farmers' Federation is David Jochinke since 2023; the organisation's chief executive officer is Tony Mahar, since April 2016.

[citation needed] The NFF's key policy areas include farm business and productivity; access to markets; digital connectivity; natural resource management; biosecurity, health and welfare; education and training; and workplace relations.

[2] In December 2015, the National Farmers Federation launched a new program to use digital technology to improve agricultural efficiency.

According to the NFF charter, state-level farmers' organisations represent the interests of the agricultural sector in their respective states.

These include such issues as farm business and productivity, access to markets, natural resource management, biosecurity, animal health and welfare, education and training, and workplace relations.