Murray Darling crop production costs outpace crop values

Andrew Marshall
Updated November 19 2019 - 2:45pm, first published 1:00pm
Water price squeeze leaves irrigated crops barely breaking even
Water price squeeze leaves irrigated crops barely breaking even

The dizzy high prices now paid for temporary water are pushing some irrigators' production costs so high they barely break even with returns received for commodities they grow.

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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