Farm Policy Journal: Vol 15 No 1 2018 Autumn - Hard Copy - SPECIAL EDITION: Accelerating Precision Agriculture to Decision Agriculture

FPJ2001 – McRobert, K (2023), EDITORIAL: Is regional Australia uninsurable?

Published 5 Apr 2023

After years of consecutive natural disasters, reliance on insurance as a primary (or sole) risk mitigation strategy has left regional Australia vulnerable. Cost and access issues are forcing a rethink on how the worsening climate impacts are managed, from both customers’ and product providers’ perspectives. With the stark consequences of…

FPJ2001 – Swift, M (2023), Uninsurability: massive exposure or mutual gain?

Published 5 Apr 2023

When discussing the feasibility of providing insurance in regional Australia, we are not debating a step from a laissez faire system (no holds barred) to nothing (uninsurability). Rather it is a question of assessing the degree to which the many perils present in regional Australia and the agricultural industry are…

Climate Flood Insurance Risk

FPJ2001 – Cole, S & Whale, Z (2023), Growers as expert risk managers

Published 5 Apr 2023

Modern farming faces risk from many factors ranging from expensive and scarce inputs, volatile commodity prices, worker shortages, and an increasingly variable climate. Facing these challenges involve a combination of what growers do in the paddock, mixed with products to help where ‘farming’ can’t and a spattering of government assistance…

Farm Policy Journal: Vol 15 No 1 2018 Autumn – Hard Copy – SPECIAL EDITION: Accelerating Precision Agriculture to Decision Agriculture