What is being done about Australia's fast declining beef and sheep breeding females.?

Australia's core breeders are disappearing so fast I have trouble seeing how farmers will be able to recover. Farmers everywhere have already lost from 50%, perhaps 70%, or most or even all of their breeding females.

There is no real help to feed whats left so they are being sent off in truckloads to slaughter when farmers run out of money.

Now with the frightening destruction of these recent fires this situation has become suddenly far worse.

This is an urgent situation and needs addressing right now before any more females are killed.

Our country need to think carefully how we can help farmers who have no funds left but are desperately trying to feed a core breeding herd or flock in order to be able to get going again after drought.

Loans are not the answer, for many loans will only exacerbate the problem. Little or no income trying to pay back a loan is madness.

Our government needs to do some serious thinking and planning on just how important our farmers and our national herd and flocks are, and what they are going to do about it.

If our Government don't step in then maybe the wonderful Aussie public can help them decide.

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When did Australia become a communist economy?

How come whenever these multi-million dollar farming enterprises suffer a loss due to drought, flood, fire or economic downturn the public incur the cost but when the same business make massive profits they can put $800,000 into a bank account and not pay any Tax?

Australian farmers get money thrown at them every week by local state and federal governments and in reality they contribute virtually nothing to the wealth of the country.

This is just a system for Australia to get around the WTO regulations regarding government funding of agriculture. If a poor country like Vietnam or the Ukraine did the same thing Australia would spend billions on lawyers to convince the WTO to ban their exports.

Rather than develop 20th and 21st century business models Australia persist with non-viable 3rd industries that are destroying the country and its future simply because its an easy way for political parties to secure electoral seats.

It's a bloody disgrace

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