Floods kill 42,000 AACo cattle, and drought costs to hit $57m

Andrew Marshall
Updated March 11 2019 - 1:32pm, first published 11:00am
AACo loses 42,000-plus cattle to floods and $57m to drought
AACo loses 42,000-plus cattle to floods and $57m to drought

As the cleanup after northern Queensland’s exceptional February flood gains momentum, the Australian Agricultural Company is also tallying up the cost of extremely dry and hot conditions in southern Queensland and Northern Territory.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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