Tension between agriculture and resources is bubbling over as farmers seek urgent clarity on who owns the ground beneath their properties
The black soil sinks and then swells around Zena Ronnfeldt’s boots as she steps through rows of cotton on her property near Dalby in Queensland’s Darling Downs. “The soil is just so great, we can grow a dozen different crops here,” Ronnfeldt says.
“We have mung beans and chickpeas, cotton, corn, wheat, barley, and silage for feedlots. If we needed to, we could grow vegetables under irrigation. It’s just a food bowl.”