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Water allocations rise for Murrumbidgee irrigators
18 Oct 2005
Good spring rains in NSW should see a near doubling on last year’s Australian rice planting, rising to 80,000 hectares. But the area is unlikely to reach the long-term average of 150,000 hectares. Last year, Australian rice planting slumped to only 45,000 hectares, in the wake of the drought. Water allocations for 2005-06 for rice growers are being regularly upgraded, with rice growers in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area now expecting a 40 per cent allocation, up from 23 per cent this time last year.
The Land, 18/10/05
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