A Plain Perspective

We often hear of the disconnect between urban dwellers and the farming community here in Australia and in other parts of the world.   Mos...

Grasslands are areas with few natural trees or shrubs and are dominated be grasses as the name suggests.  These are some of the world’s mos...

Is agriculture different from any other industry?  Is the production of food a more noble endeavour than any other human endeavour? Man...

There are many arguments put forward against livestock farming, none of which have any substance.  One of the arguments against livestock f...

A recent blog by Sam Trethewey on sentimentality in farming certainly got the agricultural twitterverse into a frenzy.  Sam’s basic point w...

Barnaby Joyce is keen to leave his mark on Australian agriculture and so has initiated his review of competitiveness of the sector.  While ...

Watching my industry colleagues rally in Fremantle gives me a sense of pride that so many support our industry while at the same time give...