First there is a story about a drought.
A lack of rain has forced one of Australia's biggest pastoral leaseholders to dramatically slash its cattle numbers.
Although there's still reasonable feed on three Queensland properties, S. Kidman and Co says the rest, particularly in South Australia, are desperate for rain.
Agricultural and livestock manager Will Abel-Smith says the company plans to either move or sell stock from SA over the next month, before they lose condition.
"We've got about 30 decks in Roma of store cows and some lighter steers, and we'll have another 24 decks moving next week, and Macumba's looking to move cattle as we speak.
Sounds familiar, I've had to do the same thing. I would really be curious to know what they mean by "30 decks" and "24 decks." I assume it's truckloads and "store cows" are ready for slaughter but it would be nice to know.
The other day I talked about the drought in Australia and it's consequences to the cattle industry there. I run across another story about the drought Down Under that is just sickening. Australian outback cattle abandoned, 500 die of thirst 3000 he
Tracked: Feb 19, 05:49