Farmers caught on 'agricultural treadmill' as incomes fail to improve in 50 years

Incomes have barely improved in real terms since the 1970s

Alex Black
clock • 4 min read
Farmers caught on 'agricultural treadmill' as incomes fail to improve in 50 years

Farmers are caught on an ‘agricultural treadmill' forced to scale up or intensify simply to stand still, with incomes barely improving in real terms since the 1970s. And tens of thousands have already...

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