FMD rules unfair to carbon farmers, solar farming and family companies

Andrew Marshall
Updated July 27 2021 - 1:39pm, first published 1:38pm
New era farms want access to FMDs in changed ag climate
New era farms want access to FMDs in changed ag climate

A growing variety of new farm earning opportunities, including income from carbon farming and solar panels, threatens to restrict farmer access to the popular farm management deposit scheme.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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