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Our agriculture’s much more than the sum of its parts
Our agriculture’s much more than the sum of its parts
(sticK - 6 November 2012 ) Too much, arguably all the time, we look at all the individual components of our farm production systems……and beat ourselves up about them.
We could use less fertiliser, our use of water isn’t that optimal at times, occasionally there’s animal welfare issues, and as for degradation of waterways……
And that’s just on-farm.
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