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    Fuel crisis driving some farmers to consider abandoning harvests

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    1. ScruffyPeter on

      Where are they? Why do these big corporate farmers always whine in news about wasting food and make it so hard to take the harvest off their hands?

      Not sure why they are pretending only Australia is affected by fuel prices. Fuel prices are shooting up overseas, and I bet these farmers will not hesitate to prioritise selling food to foreigners over Australians. Surprised? Welcome to Labor’s free market society they created since the 80s where our prices are globalised, not prioritised for locals.

    2. mrpumpkinickle on

      This doesn’t surprise me one bit, its coming into came harvest season couple months see what happens around where I live

    4. TheRealDarthMinogue on

      You should probably add “Tasmanian” to your subject line there. It is quite specific context.

    5. iChinguChing on

      As much as we should be concerned about this harvest, the next one is going to be so much worse.
      This has only just started.
      The farm I do agritech work for is organic. Organic and regenerative farmers are buffered because they don’t have the same reliance on fertilizers.
      A lot will still suffer because of the diesel. Going electric requires a lot of forward planning and capital that has been lacking.
      Time to get some bullocks

    6. Jealous-Hedgehog-734 on

      You need to engage in a bit of economics here though, if you’re considering abandoning crops due to high input costs so are your competitors. As soon as growers start doing so shortages will drive up prices.

      The winner will be the grower who does the opposite of what most competitors are doing.

    7. AnimalSubstantial998 on

      Biodiesel is made from canola and we have heaps of canola in Australia.Don’t we have the facilities to create enough biodiesel in Australia?

    8. l3ntil on

      Meanwhile, we’re still exporting meat to 190 nations for McDonalds. Make it make sense.

    12. Dream-Big2250 on

      Might not have been popular but I think instead of cutting the fuel tax the government should have raised it by 5c or so for most of us and then given farmers cheaper fuel as a result. They need it more than we do, and we will need it even more in a few months time when their harvest is ready to be delivered to supermarkets.

    13. brahlicious on

      Without fertilizer the earth can’t sustain 8 billion people, the number would be closer to half that. Scary to think about too much.