Murrumbidgee Valley irrigators back with summer crops, full water allocation after years of drought

There is a spring in the step of irrigators in southern New South Wales who are growing summer crops like rice for the first time in three years.

Irrigators in the Murrumbidgee Valley were recently given a full water allocation for the first time since 2016.

While the general security allocation in the NSW Murray is only 46 per cent, it is more water than the irrigators have seen in years.

Marg and Garry Knagge, who farm at Gogeldrie, near Leeton, produce prime lambs, grow winter crops for grain…