Billions in farm income lost due to climate variability according to ABARES report

Gregor Heard
December 18 2019 - 1:00pm
Australian farmers are becoming more adept at growing crops in dry conditions but the changing climate has cost growers billions according to ABARES.
Australian farmers are becoming more adept at growing crops in dry conditions but the changing climate has cost growers billions according to ABARES.

THE HOTTER and drier conditions Australia has experienced over the past 20 years have seen the Australian agricultural sector missing out on the equivalent of billions of dollars in lost income, with those in the cropping and broadacre beef sectors impacted the worst.

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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