I’ve written before about land sinking due to ground water being extracted at unsustainable rates but this is ridiculous.
5cm subsidence per month! That is permanent damage to the grounds ability to hold water. Once the aquifers collapse and compact their ability to hold water is permanently reduced.
This is a classic situation where free markets are […]
The quest for land continues but is frustrating to say the least.
I was expecting more properties to come onto the market in spring but the choices have been pretty limited. So we have been widening the area in which we are searching.
The other week Sarah and I went for a drive to look at two […]
I saw an article in my FB feed talking about the greater productivity of small scale farmers I was going to write a comment but its turned into this post.
Before I go on I want to say that there shouldn’t be conflict or even tension between small scale and large scale farming. Both can exist in our […]
Many Face Book memes decrying foreigners buying up Australian farm land appear in my feed, plus you probably have heard a mention or to in the media. I have two problems with these messages, one that they are inherently racist but also that we should be grateful that foreigners are prepared to invest in Australian […]