Farmers want more than $11 billion invested in rural Australia and have a list of five priority areas they say need to be addressed for agriculture to thrive.
The demands have been outlined by the National Farmers Federation at the start of their two-day national conference in Canberra.
Launching the NFF's election wish list on Tuesday, president Fiona Simson told the audience the importance of the coming federal election for agriculture and the bush could not be understated.
Ms Simson called on all parties to back five priority areas the NFF had outlined for agriculture and regional Australia to thrive.
"Agriculture is on a trajectory of growth. Farmers and our regions continue to power the nation.This was especially evident during the very tough days of the pandemic," she said.
On top of the NFF list is a plan to pour more than $4 billion into 20 regional development precincts across Australia.
"Successive governments have failed to capture the benefits of regionalisation," Ms Simson told the audience.
She said farmers also wanted $5 billion for a rural telecommunications fund to improve connectivity for remote Australians.
"The data drought must end," she said.
Ms Simson also called for a whole of government approach in setting a target of 10 countries to sign up to the Australian agriculture visa.
Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud told the conference that it was an "ambitious" plan.
"I'm not going to make election commitments and promises, we're going to act and we're going to act in this year's budget $21 billion worth of investment in regional and rural Australia," he said.
The minister spoke in support of the government's agriculture visa program and again criticised the Australian Workers' Union for warning ambassadors to Australia about the dangers of the new visa.
In a pre-recorded speech, Prime Minister Scott Morrison told the conference that the government had pumped $100 billion into regional Australia since 2013 and was committed to doing more.
Natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic had pushed the country to its very limits.
"Yet through it all, we have reaffirmed one simple truth - Australia's strength, our resilience," Mr Morrison said.
The value of farm production is heading towards $81 billion this year, which meant rural industry was foundational to the government's economic plan.
"(My government) knows that Australia is way more than our eight capital cities ... the wealth of our nation resides in the regions," Mr Morrison said.
"We look forward to a great period of prosperity in our regions."
