New web series to discuss benefits of co-op farming
01 June 2020
A candid new series featuring leading primary producers will address some of the biggest issues in farming and put forward solutions aimed at future-proofing Australian family farms.
Farmers, fishers and other primary producers are known for their resilience, but in the past few years they have faced unprecedented challenges including drought, fires, floods, global commodity and export market impacts, COVID-19 restrictions, issues highlighted in the Banking Royal Commission and investment barriers pushing more family farms to outside ownership.
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