Droughts, extreme weather and empowered consumers mean tough choices for farmers
- Written by Steve Hatfield-Dodds, Executive Director, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES)
This is an edited version of Steve Hatfield-Dodds’ opening address to the Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics National Outlook Conference to be delivered on 5 March 2019.
The National Farmers Federation wants to lift the value of Australian agricultural production to $100 billion by 2030.
While that might be possible – on the...