Arthur Rickards leaves a major legacy to Australian agriculture

Vernon Graham
Updated April 24 2019 - 11:56am, first published April 23 2019 - 3:00pm
The late Dr Arthur Rickards doggedly pursued is passion for ensuring agricultural technologies and innovations developed by universities were adopted by commercial producers.
The late Dr Arthur Rickards doggedly pursued is passion for ensuring agricultural technologies and innovations developed by universities were adopted by commercial producers.

Australian agriculture has lost one of its giants with the death of Arthur Rickards after a long battle with illness.

Vernon Graham

Vernon Graham

National machinery and property writer

Former editor of The Land, former Fairfax Media Agricultural Editor

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