Weather extremes hurt cropping industry

Jamie-Lee Oldfield
January 2 2019 - 6:00am
Going for growth: Farm store manager Peter Pitcher, Coolac, NSW, said growers planted sorghum crops based on early November rain, and the December follow-up had helped them flourish.
Going for growth: Farm store manager Peter Pitcher, Coolac, NSW, said growers planted sorghum crops based on early November rain, and the December follow-up had helped them flourish.

National winter crop production was the lowest in a decade in 2018, as growers were hit with a multitude of weather extremes.

Jamie-Lee Oldfield

Livestock editor for The Land.

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