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Australia likely to run out of locally grown rice next month as drought, water allocations hit farmers – ABC News
Rice farmers blame the drought and low allocations of irrigation water for a record low rice harvest in 2020. Panic-buying has also contributed to the shortage.
Fourth-generation rice farmer Barry Kirkup and his wife Gillian have found the past few years on the land harder than most.
Key points:
- New South Wales rice growers say there will be no locally grown rice on supermarket shelves in Australia by January
- The lack of rice has been blamed on drought, water allocations and panic-buying
- Locally grown rice is expected to be available again by mid-2021
“Last year we grew 34 hectares of rice where we normally grow a couple of hundred hectares,” Ms Kirkup told…
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