A generation of farm owners made changes to their farming business for the benefit of the nation with encouragement and incentives by government and processors. We saw Land Development Encouragement Loans funding the conversion of bush and scrub into pasture and Livestock Incentive Schemes create unsustainable stocking rates. Both schemes had little regard to environmental...
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