With agriculture at a sharp fork in the road, Australia needs savvy farm leaders

Farming and political leaders line up at a rally this month outside Parliament House. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

The leadership of Australian farming is a club that has strict rules. Like the classic movie Fight Club, the first rule about farm club is you don’t talk about farm club.

But that doesn’t always work out well for farmers. There are clever people in the leadership club who are loath to speak out.