In a time of market and global economic change, farmers and agricultural marketers can use this simple marketing framework to help understand the marketing process, build stronger customer relationships, and guide marketing decisions.

Autonomous machinery promises efficiency and labour savings, but for many growers, the real question is - will it actually pay off on my farm?

Farmers are an important partner in managing the risk of fire across the landscape and a critical part of the firefighting effort, often providing a first response to fires. Many farmers are also volunteer firefighters.

Australian farmers are facing overwhelming pressure. They shouldn’t have to face this alone.

As Australian farmers know, extreme weather is part of living on the land. Dr Margaret Moreton says our focus must go beyond identifying risk to increasing the resilience of people and communities.

Australia must prioritise the education and up-skilling of future leaders in our primary industries to effectively meet the growing demand for food and fibre.

Opportunities are emerging that will allow producers to build enterprise resilience through new climate risk transfer (insurance) products and income diversification (carbon and biodiversity credit) schemes. There is significant potential for these to help to smooth the year-to-year income variability linked to climate-related risk and to lead to both healthier agricultural landscapes and a more resilient and sustainable agricultural sector.

Amid debate surrounding the live sheep export industry, Grain Producers Australia questions the veracity of ‘social licence’ concerns.