Three weeks of agricultural visits in Australia
Three weeks of agricultural visits in Australia 2021-12-22
Stay updated with breaking news from Sam Defrenne. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Three weeks of agricultural visits in Australia 2021-12-22
Two self-propelled Case sprayers cover 100ha per hour when working. Farming 8,300ha roughly north-northeast of Esperance, Western Australia, Sam Defrenne described himself as a dryland farmer, with roughly 350mm of annual rainfall. He might normally get around 250mm during the growing season alone, but when ITLUS visited him in January 2020, he had received a total of 179mm for 2019, with inevitable consequences for crop yields. He is a crop farmer, growing mainly wheat, barley and canola or oilseed rape. Unlike all the other farmers we visited in Western Australia, Sam had no sheep or oth...