ForAustraliancattle farmer Jody Brown, the most frightening evidence of drought is the silence. Trees stand still, the singing of birds gone. The constant dryness means her cattle have decreased to around 400, down from 1,100 in 2002, and at limes there have been no animals on the land at...
“The reality is that the old system of price discovery for raw milk has broken down and a new method of price discovery will need to emerge, meaning that, in the future, dairy farm operators will be operating in a more commercially oriented and flexible market for their milk.” –p. 4...
I explained that observational data on rainfall for the entire east coast of Australia is available from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology with yearly averages for all the sites back to 1900. But, contrary to the Stern report, this chart does not show declining rainfall; rather, it indicates...
The Vocal Locals campaign was based in Loxton, South Australia. Loxton is located 250km north-east of Adelaide and is the central hub of the grain producing Northern Murray Mallee region. The region is one of the driest in South Australia, with an average annual rainfall of 173mm throughout...
Household income was stratified to approximate levels above or below the 2006 average annual household income of $70,000 in NSW in 2006 [44]. As a large sur- vey collecting a range of health-related information from participants, family history information was only sought for some cancers. ...
A farmer needs to introduce one or more of these practices that is new or materially different from what was done in the project’s prior period. An eligible activity already being carried out does not need to cease: merely that a new or materially different activity must be added. Box 1...