The dry spell also halved the value of cotton and sliced more than 80% from its rice value. FMTNews
SYDNEY: Years of drought in Australia’s east has caused the national sheep flock to shrink to the lowest levels since records began more than a century ago, agricultural figures revealed Thursday.
“Worsening drought and lack of feed in the eastern states forced many sheep and cattle producers to destock” the Australian Bureau of Statistics said, pointing to a 7% fall in numbers in the 2018-19 financial year. Sheep – and in particular wool – was a mainstay of the Australian economy for much of the last 150 years.
Recent rains in some areas have given hope to farmers ahead of the antipodean winter, with many confident enough to begin planting crops for the first time in years.
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