Soil degradation costs $94m this year

A recently issued Department of Agriculture report found that $94 million in income will be lost through lack of effective land management and subsequent land degradation. President of the Land Management Society Harry Whittington said while surface water and soil structure degradation were problems and there was a general acknowledgement of increasing salt encroachment, wind erosion is the single most costly factor in land degradation. PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to provide a public view of this newspaper article as the copyright is held by the publisher of Elders Weekly. If you would like to obtain a copy of this newspaper article for research purposes, please ‘request a copy'. This article is part of the WISALTS (Whittington Interceptor Sustainable Agriculture Land Treatment Society Incorporated) Collection