Farmers call for policy reform across multiple sectors as productivity collapses
Farmers call for policy reform across multiple sectors as productivity collapses
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The quiet Australian farming crisis you may not have heard about
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.