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NSW farmers welcome ‘unbelievable’ rain as BOM warns La Niña could ‘swing from drought to flood’ – ABC News

After years without rain, many NSW farmers are now preparing themselves for a bumper crop. But with a La Niña weather event, the Bureau of Meteorology warns the…

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After four punishing years, the drought has finally broken at Rick Bennett’s farm in central-west New South Wales.
Key points:

  • NSW has gone from being 99 per cent drought affected or in drought to just over 20 per cent
  • Mr Bennett says harvesting a good crop would “completely turn our world around again” financially
  • A La Niña weather event has some farmers worried too much rain could see things swing the other way

His paddocks have been transformed from brown …

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