OPINION: Facts, not fancy, needed for city audience

July 26 2019 - 7:00am
Mal Peters reckons it's time people who criticise farmers across the board for planting 'water-thirsty' crops be informed that only 0.5 per cent of farmland is actually irrigated.
Mal Peters reckons it's time people who criticise farmers across the board for planting 'water-thirsty' crops be informed that only 0.5 per cent of farmland is actually irrigated.

Australians have traditionally been strong supporters of farmers, but city media has become saturated with three farm-related issues - the Murray Darling Basin Plan, climate change and animal liberation - putting our industry under the spotlight like never before.

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