The ABC reports - "Drought-stricken dairy farmers watch the river run by, unable to access it" 6Oct19
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-06/dairy-farmers-leaving-industry-due-to-lack-of-access-to-water/11564562
Quote "Family farms fight for waterIn Finley, New South Wales, lack of fodder is a serious problem."We can't milk cows without fodder; we can't have fodder without water to grow it," dairy farmer Lachlan Marshall said.The lack of spring rain has seen pasture and crops wither, and cruelly, despite the Murray River that runs through the valley being swollen with environmental flows released from storages upstream, it's out of reach for farmers."
Greens are happy seeing fresh water run to the sea.
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