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Farmers and the current drought

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  • brucefxdl
    brucefxdl
    6 years ago
    Quoting Soapbox2627 on 25 Nov 2018 12:27 AM

    the drought has hit all farmers, as I said, my uncle got some hay, 28 bails don't go far but as he said, it does help, he runs cattle and as sheep have got expensive, (sheer, crotch, dip) he had to reduce to around 60 head for his own his own consumption.
    He has started a short trail of running Dorpers as they don't need shearing,

    the drought has also effected cereal and other growers, I wonder what relief they are getting.

    yes, crops not doing so well without the essential water/rain,spin off from poor crops is harvest contractors have little or no work.went past a contractors shed last weekend in central victoria...6 headers in the shed,usually at this time of the year he has his machines way up north following the harvest heading south.so no work for his machines [ which i'm sure he has repayments on ]....and no work for staff.drought effects are far reaching and impact a lot of people, not just the farmers 
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