Are you experiencing declining amounts of rainfall year on year?
And is the rainfall pattern changing?
And is 'global warming' causing erratic disruptions to the accepted normal expectancy of annual rainfall on the family farms?
With a lot of attention being paid to the effects - supposed or otherwise of climate change - those are the questions Wagga Wagga-based journalist Stephen Burns wishes to investigate.
He is calling out to landholders who have rainfall records on their family farm extending back further than 40 years - and hopefully closer to one hundred years.
He is not trying to make a point, one way or another, but to understand if in fact, rainfall has been decreasing on an annual basis, or is actually falling at different times and in greater amounts than has been previously recorded.
For those with further information, Stephen can be contacted by email - stephen.burns@theland.com.au
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Stephen Burns
Jackaroo on Merino sheep studs in the Riverina, a lifetime working on the land with sheep, cropping and cattle. Graduate Charles Sturt Uni with degree in Business and a Dean's Certificate. Graduate C.B. Alexander Agricultural College
Jackaroo on Merino sheep studs in the Riverina, a lifetime working on the land with sheep, cropping and cattle. Graduate Charles Sturt Uni with degree in Business and a Dean's Certificate. Graduate C.B. Alexander Agricultural College
