Description
An analysis of farm business survey returns and off farm income records for 640 broadacre and mixed enterprises across the northern Murray Darling Basin during the 2017 to 2020 drought. The article separates losses absorbed through farm equity from those offset by off farm employment and household support payments, and compares outcomes for irrigators and dryland producers. Written for agricultural economists and drought policy analysts.
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Contributor
Coastal scientist who also works on insurance affordability in cyclone exposed north Queensland. Maintains the Queensland shoreline position series and the Brisbane flood depth map service. Based at James Cook University.
Principal Investigator
Agricultural and regional economist measuring drought and storm losses for farm businesses in inland Queensland. Convenes producer field days and works on hail report compilation with the Bureau of Meteorology. Based at University of Southern Queensland.