The ABS has surveyed the views of farm managers on climate change and its effects on their business, finding the impacts from climate change are overwhelmingly seen to be negative — a far cry from the National Party line on climate change, says Possum Comitatus.
Farmers
Farmer wants an heir
Wannabe farmers with being matched with farming old timers in a new US government program, aimed at staving off the rural exodus and transferring skills to young farmers.
Water for sale up in NSW
Both farmers and environmental experts are coming out against the NSW Government’s decision to auction water licences, writes Kellie Tranter at the ABC.
The soul-destroying lives of boys in the bush
While gender roles have changed considerably, the male ego remains more dependent upon occupation, writes Tanveer Ahmed.This is surely more pronounced in country areas.
Be prepared for surging food costs, cost of living to follow
Australians have been warned to prepare themselves for “some serious inflation” in our cost of living because of surging food costs, writes Glenn Dyer.
Farming the water market for profit, or survival
With dams drying up and the skies remaining disappointingly blue, the national water market is an economic meeting place for farmers, speculators, regulators, and even horders.
Trees falling in the fight over land management laws
Last Sunday, farmers in New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia enacted National Chop Day, on which they began illegally removing trees on their property in defiance of what they claim are unconstitutional laws against land clearing. But like any decent argument, there is more than one side to the story.
