Waiting for rain in the long paddock

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Weatherzone, By: Lisa Herbert, 05/08/2013

 

A farmer who has been grazing his cattle on a stock route for months on the Liverpool Plains in north-west NSW says he has little choice but to stay there. Neville Hicks has properties at Nowendoc and Werris Creek but he's been holding watch over 250 bullocks, steers and cows in the long paddock of the Kamilaroi Highway near Breeza since Christmas.

 

He says he's having trouble off-loading his stock because the abattoirs are full and prices are low.

 

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