FOOTAGE FROM FARMS AROUND NEW SOUTH WALES

AFTER THE VERY SUCCESSFUL DVD ‘FARMING IN AUSTRALIA VOLUME 1’, NOW FOLLOWS ‘FARMING IN AUSTRALIA VOLUME 2’, WHICH TELLS THE STORY OF HOW INNOVATIVE FARMERS USE AEROPLANES CALLED ‘AIR TRACTORS’ IN A NEW WAY FORWARD IN THE 21ST CENTURY.
IN WHAT WAS A VERY HOT YEAR IN AUSTRALIA, FARMERS WERE UNDER MORE PRESSURE THSAN EVER TO PRODUCE THEIR CROPS. SOME OF THE FARMERSAS WELL AS THE STAFF FROM THOMPSON AVIATION TOOK THE TIME TO EXPLAIN ALL ABOUT THEIR EVERYDAY WORK.
THEY ALSO TELL US ABOUT ANOTHER SIDE TO THEIR BUSINESS KNOWN AS GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS, A NEW AREA THEY MOVED INTO A FEW YEARS BACK WHEN FARMING WAS QUIET. THESE
AG PILOTS AS THEY ARE KNOWN HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT JOB, AS THEY FLY SO NEAR TO THE GROND AND MANY HAVE BEEN KILLED AT WORK.
ANOTHER JOB THAT IS DONE FROM THE AIR IS THE CATTLE MUSTERING WITH THE PILOTS FROM RIVERINIA HELICOPTERS. HELICOPTERS ARE ALSO USED TO SPRAY THE CROPS. OF COURSE THERE IS STILL CONVENTIONAL FARMING IN AUSTRALIA AND WE WILL ALSO SEE THEM HARVEST THE RICE AND WHEAT WITH VARIOUS COMBINES.