What would we farmers know - enough to value add and make long term economic progress!

he's the rub . If you live in the country somehow you are presummed to have a suspect intellect . We know its not true , but our city centric leaders are never sure and at the moment are living on hot air and not keeping their eyes on the long term . If the former is true that makes them less intelligent and less responsible than us.
THE HOT AIR When something like export coal keeps the cash flowing going , the business knows best clones keep growing . Short term gain is a business knows best aim that's plain dangerous for someone in the system.
The bigger story is that Short term gain ( sale of telstra, snowy SPC and Bonlac ) is often bought at the cost of long term pain . Our problem is a bit like the oil rich countries will face in the decades ahead. We sell now and we gain now, but we lose later . you don't need a degree to know economic imperatives.you just need to live closer to the earth and its real limits .

THE ONGROUND REALITIES At least we and our forefather have the runs on the board . our forefathers set up and ran cooperatives which added value to our ag exports .
Our well degreed leaders on the other hand , have managed, in the matter of a few years, to allow those priceless institutions to be whiteanted and mere shells of their former selves. SPC bonlac see fairgomate