Age: FEDERAL drought aid is being wasted on inefficient farmers and the Government should think about cutting back on future handouts, Canberra’s top agriculture forecaster has said. In a candid assessment before an audience that included many farmers, Phillip Glyde suggested some drought aid was doing more harm than good by encouraging inefficient operators to stay on the land and accumulate debt, while discouraging necessary rationalisation of the farming sector. Mr Glyde, head of …