Farmers who flip back to natureRegenerative farmers learn how key landscape functions increase resilience, profits, and quality of life. OPINION: Why do farmers leave behind science, support, and certainty of modern advice to do what is considered counter-intuitive? Merino breeder Charles Massy, from Cooma on the high, dry, Monaro plains south of Canberra, was intrigued about the mental flips Australian farmers make to become what he calls regenerative farmers. What frustrates him is how other farmers have a salesman mentality - once anything runs down the creek it's gone. Geoff Brown, of Liverpool Plains, NSW, notes its takes 4-6 hours for his property to flood during a big rain.

Source: Stuff January 08, 2018 19:41 UTC