VICTORIAN Mallee grain grower Trudy Ryan says a desire to create a viable grains industry for young people is behind her fight for improved security for farmers when writing grain sale contracts.
As part of that she is looking at potential solutions such as insurance programs and trusts to stop the problem of non-payment in the event of insolvencies.
We want to attract young people to farming, but we are telling them to just send a truck out the farm without any real security, Mrs Ryan said.
If the equity was sent out as cash, rather than grain, youd just about have it in an Armaguard vehicle, yet as it stands there is very little security of payment in real terms.
Mrs Ryan, who farms at Manangatang in Victorias northern Mallee, moved a moti…
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