Higher chemical rates needed

Alisha Fogden
January 20 2017 - 7:30am
FINAL RUNS: Chaser bin driver Melinda Oster and brother-in-law Giles Oster, Pinnaroo, were rushing to finish off the family's 2600-hectare harvest before this week's rain.
FINAL RUNS: Chaser bin driver Melinda Oster and brother-in-law Giles Oster, Pinnaroo, were rushing to finish off the family's 2600-hectare harvest before this week's rain.

LAMEROO cropper Peter Maynard had about 130 millimetres of rain in September, which not only held up harvesting 600 hectares of hay, but encouraged prolific weed growth.

Alisha Fogden

Alisha Fogden

senior journalist, cropping editor at Stock Journal

Journalist at Australian Community Media newspapers since 2007.

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