Agricultural paper ready to go: Joyce

The federal government's much-anticipated agricultural white paper could be released any day now.

Agricultural Minister Barnaby Joyce says the paper has been through the expenditure review committee, funding for it is in the contingency reserve in last week's budget and it now sits with the prime minister's office.

"We could announce it tomorrow, we could have announced it last week. I want to the dust to settle (on the budget)," he told Sky News on Sunday.

The paper will be released before the end of the financial year, June 30, he said.