"WHAT'S this stuff?" drought-affected Liverpool Plains, New South Wales, livestock and cropping farmer and National Farmers' Federation president Fiona Simson quipped on Thursday as she guestered to rain drumming on the roof in Fremantle last Thursday.
Ms Simpson, in Perth for the Grower Group Alliance (GGA) Annual Forum last Thursday and Friday, was the guest speaker at a sundowner sponsored by CBH Group just as a cold front brought squalls sweeping in across Perth.
GGA chief executive officer Annabelle Bushell and CBH's general manager grower and external relations Brianna Peake welcomed about 60 guests, mainly farmers and researchers from farm improvement groups across the agricultural area, agriculture industry representatives and interstate visitors to the Tradewinds Hotel, Fremantle.