News Headline

Droughts, extreme weather and empowered consumers mean tough choices for farmers

Source
Phys.org

Publication Date
2019-03-05

The National Farmers Federation wants to lift the value of Australian agricultural production to $100 billion by 2030.While that might be possible – on the current trajectory it is forecast to reach $84 billion by 2030 – we should be mindful of the substantial, and sometimes painful, reforms that have been needed to achieve the growth we have in recent decades; and that price increases accounted for 90% of that past growth.

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https://phys.org/news/2019-03-droughts-extreme-weather-empowered-consumers.html