Farming in a drought
This video is part of a story at climateXchange.aspacnet.org The video features Angus Gibson who owns and works on a fine wool merino sheep and beef cattle farm. This farm has been in the family since the late 1820’s and was handed down through the generations. It is just outside Goulburn on the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales The area has been experiencing severe widespread drought for the last five years and this has severely impacted on Angus, his family and the property in a number of ways. Some parts of the property can’t be used any more because the dams are dry, and hay for the animals has to be transported from as far away as Adelaide. For the first time in over 150 years they had to destock the property of sheep. Angus also reflects on how the drought will also affect people all over Australia because the scarcity of meat and other agricultural products from these areas will drive prices higher.
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I sent the wrong ***** video
continued … again, there is never ever an easy answer to a complex problem. I would not point a finger at farmers, even though they might seem an attractive/easy mark for those who seek to blame a single line of business or category of individual — those who seek an “easy answer.” At the same time, I appreciate that there are bad farming practices in this country, and I believe they have caused and continue to cause many awful problems.
The problem is complex and the answer needs to address that complexity. A “sound bite” like yours does not serve. I am not offering a complex answer, either. There is the demand in this country for low-cost foodstuffs. There is the population continuing to grow. There is the industry that serves farmers with technology and also the industry that serves handouts to farmers. Those two work in tandem. There can be an easy response to a complex problem but (continued)
I agree that many farming practices, for many generations, have been egregious. It’s a matter of fact that topsoil has disappeared across the land. In the earliest days, the clearing of trees and the breaking of the prairie land by settlers both had devastating consequences. However, the problem with farms and climate today is not the “fault” only of farmers, large or small. (continued)
Go ahead and tell “another half” of the story, if you please.
Very informative from real farmer
What an articulate communicator. This is a very enlightening clip — dense with info. Horrible situation not just for farmers but for everyone.