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NSW overview – September 2019
- Widespread drought conditions continued to affect New South Wales (NSW) during September 2019.
- Prolonged drought conditions and an unfavourable three month rainfall outlook continue to provide challenging hydrological and agronomic forward scenarios.
- The current circumstances indicate that the management of the current drought event will likely be required into 2020.
- The NSW DPI Combined Drought Indicator (CDI) shows that 97.2% of the state remains in one of the three drought categories at the end of September, with the accumulated drought duration now exceeding 18-24 months for large areas of the state since mid-2017.
Further information on the NSW seasonal update is here
QLD overview – September 2019
- As at 1 September 2019,there are a total of 33 councils and four part council areas drought declared
- . These declarations represent 66.1% of the land area of Queensland.
- There are also 23 Individual Droughted Properties (IDPs) in a further 8 Local Government Areas.
Further information on the QLD seasonal update is here
Rural Aid's rolling in with another delivery of hay #droughtrelief #aussiefarmers #buyanotherbale
One of a few road trains loaded up and heading for Ballimore NSW #buyanotherbale #droughtrelief #ruralaid
With 350 ewes lost in the past 6 weeks, these farmers were overjoyed to receive their delivery of fodder #droughtrelief #aussiefarmers #ruralaid #buyanotherbale
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Deliveries in the dust! #buyanotherbale
7 happy farming families in Peak Hill after 2 trucks arrived with their donated feed #droughtrelief #ruralaid
Watching on as 40 farmers get their long awaited delivery of hay 👩🌾👨🌾#droughtrelief #buyanotherbale #aussiefarmers
All smiles for this Truckie delivering fodder to our Aussie Farmers #buyanotherbale #haydelivery
Yesterday I watched an interview with John Farnham who will be headlining the 'Hay Mate': A Bush Christmas Appeal in Mornington, Victoria next month to help raise money for drought-affected communities. "It's pretty tough out there. Some places are never going to come back, we know this. It's never going to come back," he said. "It's been dead and dry for a long time, and the wind has blown the top soil and the seed away. If they do get rain, it's just going to be mud. There is nothing to grow. It will take a long time to come back. "One particular guy was hand-feeding his cattle with pasta… not to himself, but the cows. There are four-year-old kids out there who have never seen rain. That's terrible." The interview broke me ... The Christmas festive season is upon us and so many men, women and children will continue to do it tough as they deal with the challenges of drought. Some children in these rural communities have never seen rain. Farmers are feeding the mouths of their cattle before their own. And yet, we apparently live in the lucky country?
Every year my family chooses a charity and cause to support and this year we have decided to support the Buy A Bale campaign.
We ask friends and family who may be considering buying Frankie a gift this Christmas, to please donate to this very worthy cause instead.
Hay – 5 x $20 bales feeds One cow for OneWeek
Diesel – Every $4.40 transports hay one km anywhere in Australia.
Water – Every $250 delivers 11,500 litres delivered to a farm within 100 km of the collection point
General Donations – Help keep our wheels moving. Give what you can, every $10 makes a difference. $5700 buys a single-trailer load of hay $9500 buys a semi-trailer load of hay and transports it to an affected area.(up to 900 km)
And if your family too is looking for a cause to support this Christmas time, please take some time to read how even the smallest of donations can make a considerable difference ❤️ https://www.buyabale.com.au/
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We think it’s pretty safe to say, Mitchell is the up and coming heart-throb of Bogan Gate. Look at that smile! #minifarmer #ruralaid #supportourfarmers #nextgeneration #buyanotherbale
“Worrying is like walking around with an umbrella waiting for it to rain.”
But we still worry and wait for the rain. Took a day trip out past Somerset Dam and was confronted with many dry creek beds, some water and the dry cracked earth where water should be.
In 37 deg cel heat and clear blue skies, I think we will be waiting a while for that rain. Please be aware and careful of the dry conditions.
To each other...be kind.
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