In a complete reversal of fortune, cattle farmers from the normally lush south-east of SA are turning to graziers in the normally arid centre of Far West NSW.
South Australian graziers have been moving livestock north where feed is currently more plentiful.It is rare to see livestock trucks drive from the south to the north of the country in search of feed.
"In the western division we've been very lucky with some abnormal rains through the autumn and winter.Due to the high quality and quantity of feed in the region, Steve said cattle from South Australia's South East would thrive. "Twenty-eight inches is meant to be our average — we had three inches up until about three weeks ago."" 'Let's do something now and make a decision — to do something pretty drastic."Mount Gambier agronomist Rick Jordan said the current conditions were a "reverse" of the norm.
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