What would we eat without irrigation?

By Ian Godwin
November 26 2019 - 9:30am

Opinion | The Gauge 

What would we eat without irrigation?
What would we eat without irrigation?

Fire and Water. Too much of one and not nearly enough of the other. That's life in Australia and everyone accepts that, especially folks on the land trying to make a living out of agriculture. I recently flew into Dubbo. The wide brown land was punctuated by the occasional cluster of green circles, with centre pivot irrigation going full bore to provide feed for cattle, and a smattering of vegetable crops.

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