Rain brings optimism for drought-plagued Australian farmers

  • 📰 ChannelNewsAsia
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 38 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 18%
  • Publisher: 66%

Singapore Headlines News

Singapore Latest News,Singapore Headlines

TAMWORTH, Australia: COVID-19 has brought new challenges for Australia's drought and bushfire-stricken farmers, but recent sustained rainfall and ...

TAMWORTH, Australia: COVID-19 has brought new challenges for Australia's drought and bushfire-stricken farmers, but recent sustained rainfall and green shoots are now spurring hope of better times ahead.

Analysts at Rabobank Australia are predicting a profitable year for the sector despite global uncertainty, with farmers helped by a weak Aussie dollar that makes exports cheaper.It has been a rough run for Tongue and his community, with farmers suffering not just the drought but the worst bushfires in recorded memory, flash flooding and now a global pandemic of unknown duration.

"Even when it rains, the need for that sort of support doesn't go away, and when the COVID restrictions are lifted the need for that support won't go away either," Warlters added.The resilience of some locals has been bolstered by steady beef and lamb prices, Tamworth Mayor Col Murray said, in part because herds have diminished.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 6. in SG

Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Walt Disney Company bringing streaming service to migrant workers in SingaporeThe platform, Hotstar, is available free for the workers until Jul 21, and includes more than 2,000 movies and 900 TV shows. 👍
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »

573 new coronavirus cases in Singapore to bring total to 18,778Five are Singaporeans and permanent residents while migrant workers living in dormitories continue to make up the bulk of the remaining cases.. Read more at straitstimes.com. Great news! So sad.😩😩😩hope all if them, will get well soon. Big Love for all Hospital staff, Keep healthy 👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏
Source: The Straits Times - 🏆 8. / 63 Read more »

573 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore, bringing total to 18,778SINGAPORE — Singapore confirmed 573 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday (May 4), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a statement.
Source: TODAYonline - 🏆 1. / 99 Read more »

632 new coronavirus cases in Singapore, bringing total to 19,410SINGAPORE - The Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 632 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore as of Tuesday noon (May 5), taking the total count to 19,410.. Read more at straitstimes.com. Wtf is going on I dont understand Singapore will be on top 25 in the world, with the most cases. Thanks to the sloppiness of MOM_sg and Josephine Teo Compare to HK and Taiwan, Singapore govt has lots to learn to be effective on crisis management! SCMPNews Taiwan_Today TODAYonline leehsienloong
Source: The Straits Times - 🏆 8. / 63 Read more »

632 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore, bringing total to 19,410SINGAPORE — Singapore has confirmed 632 new cases of Covid-19, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in a press release on Tuesday (May 5). man one day up one day down. come on!!! lets do it!!
Source: TODAYonline - 🏆 1. / 99 Read more »

Man on stay-home notice allegedly brought friend to hotel room, met others in a carpark'Friend' 🙄
Source: TODAYonline - 🏆 1. / 99 Read more »