If governments want to boost local manufacturing, look at farm machinery

Vernon Graham
March 31 2021 - 1:00pm
DECADES OF ACHIEVEMENT: Australians have been designing innovative farm machinery for many decades including Richard Bowyer Smith who invented the stump jump plough in 1876.
DECADES OF ACHIEVEMENT: Australians have been designing innovative farm machinery for many decades including Richard Bowyer Smith who invented the stump jump plough in 1876.

Can COVID-19 trigger the return of Australia as a major manufacturer of farm tractors and machinery?

Vernon Graham

Vernon Graham

National machinery and property writer

Former editor of The Land, former Fairfax Media Agricultural Editor

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