The Burrumbuttock Hay Runners are committed to helping farmers who are facing real hardship in the face of severe drought.
Aussie farmer Brendan Farrell is a fourth generation farmer from Stanbridge, in south west NSW, who started the group to help his counterparts around the country.
He first got involved after reading an article in November 2013 about a family in Bourke struggling under drought conditions.
A recent heart-felt video piece on his social media has gone viral.
“In the last four years we’ve done 13 hay runs,” Mr Farrell said. “We’ve tried to help as many farmers as we possibly can: 12,500 of them. Raising money, scraping the barrel, all the time trying to get fuel in trucks to get this hay to farmers in need for this drought that doesn’t seem to go away.
“It’s been get dry all through NSW down to Mudgee, Bathurst, Collarenebri, Narrabri, right out to Bourke, right back up to Longreach,” he said, before trying to understand the imbalances in funding.
He is “buggered and baffled” that $146 million is being given to train Vietnamese workers whereas charities are trying to make ends meet. He wonders why that money wasn’t given to Australian industries “that are hurting.”
