Farmer tells what it's really like to host wind turbines

Marian Macdonald
August 4 2021 - 6:00pm
FarmBuy Real Estate
NO REGRETS: Host farmer Alan Pitcher with Nevetts Lawyers' Kent Mallinson and Cathy Drake at his Skipton property, which hosts turbines as close as 500 metres to his home.
NO REGRETS: Host farmer Alan Pitcher with Nevetts Lawyers' Kent Mallinson and Cathy Drake at his Skipton property, which hosts turbines as close as 500 metres to his home.

He's endured a 15-year wait, legal threats and the odd nasty letter but, last week, the turbines dotted across Alan Pitcher's paddocks started turning for the first time.

Marian Macdonald

Marian Macdonald

National rural property writer

Writing for farmers in the Stock & Land, The Land, Queensland Country Life, Stock Journal and FarmWeekly, farming in Gippsland.

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