Praying — and betting — on beating drought DROUGHT-stricken - TopicsExpress



          

Praying — and betting — on beating drought DROUGHT-stricken graziers Rosemary and Warwick Champion are taking the biggest gamble of their lives. Their parched Longway Station, which sits on almost 8100ha just outside Longreach in central Queensland, is surrounded by neighbours furiously selling cows, their land too dry to sustain the beasts. But the Champions, both in their 70s, are spending an extraordinary $1000 a day to truck hay from South Australia to feed their beloved russet-coloured Santa Gertrudis cattle. Instead of destocking like their neighbours, they have reduced their herd from about 1200 to about 500, keeping a core breeding group. READ MORE
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 04:40:21 +0000

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