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Drought forces farmers to make 'tough decisions'

A fifth generation organic dairy farmer has been forced to sell 60 of his cows to 鈥榬educe forage demand'

Rachael Brown
Chief Reporter
clock 鈥� 4 min read
Drought forces farmers to make 'tough decisions'

草榴社区 are being forced to make 鈥榯ough decisions' in response to the prolonged drought in order to 鈥榮urvive'. Drought It comes as the Government announces earlier this week that nearly three quarters...

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