Farms and Farm Machinery

Forgotten food basket

Eyes are turning to countries like Sudan and Brazil as the fodder baskets of the future

n 1972, the Ord River Dam was completed in the far north of Western Australia, capturing 2,500 gigalitres of water. This was 11 times the size of Sydney Harbour and, with it, came 15,000 hectares of land for agricultural development.

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