Thu 14 May 2009
update on australia
Posted by benadair under links, sustainability
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I mean, really. Could the news get all that much worse?
From The Australian: Drought and floods cut rice harvest back to 5%
About 65,000 tonnes are expected to be harvested this year in the nation’s rice growing heartland – down from 1.2 million tonnes in a typical year – while trial crops in northeast NSW have been destroyed by heavy rainfall. Mike Hedditch, from the ricegrower-owned company SunRice, said so far 56,000 tonnes of paddy had come in.
Related: Weekly Sustainability Notes for 5/11 (below).
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