Farmers in it for the long haul

AGFORCE has hit back at claims landholders are using the coal seam gas debate to make a quick buck.

AgForce Grains president Wayne Newton said there was an “increasing sentiment” within some metropolitan media and business circles that farmers were more interested in how much compensation they would be paid for coal seam gas extraction rather than the environmental toll mining could take on their farmland.

 

He said critics who believed landholders were simply interested in their short-term financial gain did not understand the mentality of farmers.

 

Mr Newton said farm owners were focused on the long-term viability and well-being of their land so they would be able to pass the property on to the next generation.
 

This had fuelled their concerns over CSG extraction.   Read More

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