3.4 Agricultural Intensification

Figure 13. Intensive, Mechanised Farming


Picture: J. Donegan The Age 23/5/98

Increasingly within the RTBC range, low-moderate intensity grazing is giving way to more intensive landuses.

Refer to audio tape for local impressions and opinion of change (Res. Material 3.4). All files are in .MP3 format.
Part 1 (size 1.83 MB)	Part 2 (size 1.98 MB)	Part 3 (size 1.81 MB)

Figure 17. Wayne Caldow and Family (l to r: Tess, Pam, Tom, Hugh and Wayne)

Figure 18. Caldow's Farm

Figure 19. Caldow's Friesian Bulls

Figure 20 . Edenhope 1998

Figure 21 . Goroke 1998

STUDENT TASKS

Q.42 Using the resource materials provided (3.4), either:
(a) Produce a copy of the West Wimmera Advocate for 2026; or
(b) Provide a consultant’s report to The Shire of West Wimmera identifying current trends and making projections for 2026.
Make sure that the newspaper and report touch on, at least:
• population size and structure
• employment
• land use
• environment
Extension
5. What is driving socio-economic change in the region?
6. On balance, will change be to the advantage or disadvantage of the RTBC?
7. What might be done to alter the direction or magnitude of change?

Resource Materials 3.4

To download the "Green Triangle" brochure go to green triangle.pdf

To download the Wimmera Demographic and Socio-Economic Profile go to profile.pdf

To download the West Wimmera Advocate Newspaper go to Advocate.pdf