Swapping 787s for 9240s as pilots retrain as header drivers
Global Farmer Network member Andrew Weidemann serves as the chairman of Grain Producers Australia (GPA). This harvest, GPA is working with Qantas as part of the...
Andrew Weidemann
Sharing the Australian GM Cotton Story of Environmental Progress
As fires and drought devastate Australia, scores of protesters call on government to take action on "catastrophic" climate change.
Green politicians and their ...
Much is at Stake as the War on Glyphosate Threatens Australia Agriculture
The global war on glyphosate has arrived in Australia.
Our media has been closely following media coverage of the recent court cases in the United States, in w...
Unnecessary War on Glyphosate Puts Sustainable Agriculture at Risk
As an Australian farmer who relies on glyphosate to grow reliable, safe, healthy food, Im appalled at several recent legal and political decisions. Sadly, they...
TPP Would Support Exports That Farmers Rely On
If youve ever enjoyed an Australian beer such as Crown Lager or Fosters, theres a chance youve tasted something Ive grown on my farm.
Since the 1980s, my...
Andrew Weidemann
Farmer, Australia
Andrew Weidemann farms with his wife Julie, brother Rodney and his wife Andrea in the Wimmera region in Victoria, Australia where they grow wheat, barley, canola, broad beans, chic and field peas, lentils, oaten and vetch hay along with White Suffolk prime lambs.