Electrifying the farm: 'It could add $100,000 a year to our bottom line'

Some Australian broadacre farmers are eager to switch from diesel to electric - but the machinery they need is not yet commercially availableSign up for the Rural Network email newsletterJoin the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the communityIt takes a specialised arsenal of diesel-guzzling machines to grow a crop on Tom Carmody's broadacre farm near Esperance, 600km south-east of Perth.Hulking metal tractors tow plowers, seeders, sprayers and spreaders up and down vast expanses of wheat, canola and barley. When the grain is ripe, combine harvesters roar by.Sign up to receive Guardian Australia's fortnightly Rural Network email newsletter Continue reading...