Enjoy cheap meat prices while farmers are dumping livestock because is going to be left in its wake this time round is likely a massive cut in livestock numbers Australia wide, the likes which have never been seen or even imagined. Reductions in water allocations are going to seriously curb horticultural output and quality issues are already going to be a problem with some very nasty frosts a couple of weeks back.
Its is now time for urban Australia to begin to understand the importance of managing agricultural output with sound governmental policy, and also the importance of a healthy agricultural/horticultural sector. This lesson will begin in the hip pocket and there will be no importable relief from offshore because the other key exporters are also short with seasonal problems of their own. The Ukraine has already placed export restrictions on wheat.
