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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.
Key points:
- Irrigators in southern New South Wales are hopeful of a bumper summer harvest
- Some farmers are growing rice again for the first time in three years
- Increased water allocations have given farmers the confidence to experiment with new crops
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…
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