Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce backs farmers over miners and supermarket giants

By Dan Harrison
Updated October 21 2014 - 8:18am, first published October 20 2014 - 3:44pm
Federal Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce. Photo: Marina Neil
Federal Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce. Photo: Marina Neil
Federal Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce. Photo: Marina Neil
Federal Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce. Photo: Marina Neil
Federal Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce. Photo: Marina Neil
Federal Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce. Photo: Marina Neil
Federal Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce. Photo: Marina Neil
Federal Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce. Photo: Marina Neil

Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce has promised to defend the interests of family farmers against threats from mining companies and supermarket giants, but has risked alienating some rural landowners with an ambitious dam-building program.