The quiet Australian farming crisis you may not have heard about
www.abc.net.au
Australian farm productivity is in decline, prompting calls for policy reform as experts warn high yields are masking deeper issues.

Collapsing productivity on Australian farms has left a once world-leading sector at risk of being left behind by international competitors.

Annual farm productivity today is just a quarter of what it was decades ago, prompting the national farming lobby to ring the alarm for a government-led policy overhaul, including changes to competition and workplace laws.

  • Blablablabum@lemmy.zipEnglish
    7·
    13 days ago

    Damn that is a confusing. Productivity is not down, the growth of productivity is down, but the headline and article makes it sound like it is absolute productivity that is falling.

    • brisk@aussie.zone
      1·
      11 days ago

      I’ve reported an error, but last time I did that ABC never corrected the article.

  • BadlyDrawnRhino @aussie.zone
    6·
    13 days ago

    I don’t disagree with any of the technological suggestions in the article, but one glaring omission is how much productivity is being impacted by climate change. Perhaps it’s something to consider the next time rural areas vote for the Nats or Libs.