Lismore dairy farmer tells of watching half his herd get swept away as others reassess future on the land
Matt Dalgleish, an agricultural analyst for Thomas Elder Markets, said the combined estimate of cattle in the regions affected by flooding would amount to about 475,000, or about 2% of the national herd, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics calculations.Queensland
Without power, milking sheds could not be operated, he said, and cows could develop mastitis, three-day sickness or lameness. “These are issues that need to be addressed quickly,” he said.Morgan said flooding was also making it difficult for milk tankers to get to farms, with some stuck on highways. “We’re in trouble the next three or four months,” he said. “I don’t know how Lismore is going to get over this. Every business in Lismore has been devastated. The people we would normally take these things to get repaired are cleaning up and repairing their own businesses.”Paul Shoker, the chair of NSW Farmers’ Coffs Harbour branch, said the latest flooding could prove too much for some in the industry.
Farmers would attempt to salvage damaged crops but some plants would not recover as the waterlogging created fungus and disease.
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