Govt committed to FMDs but asks farmers `do they work?'

Andrew Marshall
Updated March 17 2021 - 7:12am, first published March 12 2021 - 6:30am
Farm management deposit scheme review asks farmers `does it really work?'
Farm management deposit scheme review asks farmers `does it really work?'

The federal government says it is under no pressure to tighten up or tinker with agriculture's Farm Management Deposit Scheme, however it wants to evaluate if FMDs are meeting farmers' needs.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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