Australian farm exports are at an all-time high. But carbon and land use challenges must be met if success is to continue, writes Jared Greenville.
For the past three years Australian agriculture has been riding a high of good seasonal conditions andRecords have been broken; from the gross value of production, to exports, to the size of the Australia’s winter crop. But as seasonal conditions are expected to see a drying across the landscape, the sector is going to have to be open to the challenges that lay ahead.
ABARES expects crop production to remain strong in 2023-24, reaching $46 billion. Australia’s livestock sectors will continue to reap the dividends of recent herd and flock rebuilding, with output expected to remain steady at $35 billion. However, as in the past, taking steps now to underpin the sector’s competitiveness into the future will be important in defining what agriculture will look like. There is a range of areas where discussions need to be had around what these steps might look like. Land use decisions are one of those. Land use decisions are important because
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