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A year after Black Summer fires there’s progress on the road to pasture recovery for East Gippsland farmers
Farmers in East Gippsland are still working to restore lost pastures more than a year on from the Black Summer bushfires.
Key points:
- Many East Gippsland farms were severely burnt in the Black Summer bushfires
- The land may look green, but some pastures are still weed infested
- It will take years to correct this balance
More than half of the East Gippsland local government area, or 1.1 million hectares, was burnt in the bushfires. At least 2,800 kilometres of fencing was burnt in East Gippsland and its farmers lost 1,500 head of livestock.
Farmers across Victoria and interstate must now replace the lost stock, but also need to be able to feed them.
Remediating pasture is something Agriculture Victoria Livestock Extension Officer, John Bowman,…
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