A Plain Perspective

It is easy to get downcast in the livestock industry.  Not only do you have to cope with low prices, high costs and increasing Government ...

I think we all have the farming gene in us somewhere.  For many people the gene is latent and remains that way for their whole life.  In o...

At a recent ABARES conference in Canberra it was noted that the rate of productivity growth in Australian agriculture had been declining. ...

One of the great advantages of living in the middle of nowhere is that you can marvel at the wonders of nature.  There is nothing like see...

It seems that 20 year anniversaries are often widely celebrated.  One 20 year anniversary this year which will probably not receive much a...

The recent Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) conference in Canberra highlighted some of the ...

It has been a busy few weeks on the Plains with the passing of Tropical Cyclone Rusty.   There was plenty of activity in the lead up to ...