THE Victorian Farmers Federation will stay put in its Collins St headquarters after last week abandoning plans to sell the property.

The VFF announced it would no longer sell Farrer House due to the "current market situation and ramifications of the global financial crisis hindering the ability to attract a suitable offer".

VFF president Andrew Broad said the sale of the property was one of many recommendations made by the VFF board for the organisation to regain financial stability.

Meanwhile, VFF members will vote on another major reform today.

Members will gather at a conference room in Melbourne's Etihad Stadium to vote on a new constitution that many argue centralises control in the hands of the federation's board.

The United Dairyfarmers of Victoria has tried to mobilise members to attend, after its central council voted to oppose the constitutional reforms two weeks ago.

However, the UDV has struggled to get the message out to members after being gagged by the VFF president Andrew Broad and his chief executive Wayne Harvey.

As reported in The Weekly Times last week, UDV president Chris Griffin said his attempt to mail a Vote No flyer to his members outlining the UDV's opposition and concerns with the new constitution was blocked by Mr Harvey and Mr Broad.

Mr Broad and Mr Harvey refused to supply Mr Griffin with the names and addresses of the UDV's 2600 members.

Mr Broad defended the move, saying Mr Griffin "could not advise to whom the membership list would be provided nor could he advise of the content of any information that would be distributed".

However Mr Griffin said he provided a copy of the Vote No flyer to Mr Harvey and the issue was discussed with Mr Broad at the time he was refused access to the membership list.

Mr Broad issued a media statement last week urging members to vote in favour of the new constitution.

He said the new constitution had "not been written on stone tablets".

"It will require review and ongoing change," he said.

Macarthur dairy farmer Kerry Callow said it appeared Mr Broad was trying to argue members should simply vote "yes" and any problems could be fixed later.

"That's like saying - sign the contract and then we'll renegotiate the terms," Ms Callow said.