Cotton crop halved in Namoi, Macquarie valleys

John Ellicott
Updated October 29 2018 - 10:34am, first published 10:31am
It's in and believe it or not the recent rain didn't help .. cottongrower Gus O'Brien, "Hatton", Warren, with farm manager Pete Brigden in the 748 crop just emerged, despite rain causing some crusting. Photo by Rachael Webb.
It's in and believe it or not the recent rain didn't help .. cottongrower Gus O'Brien, "Hatton", Warren, with farm manager Pete Brigden in the 748 crop just emerged, despite rain causing some crusting. Photo by Rachael Webb.

Water shortages on the major irrigation rivers has caused the 2019 cotton crop in some valleys in NSW to be halved – at least – with dam storages in northern NSW falling to critical levels.

John Ellicott

John Ellicott

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