Crop areas shrink as drought persists

By Paul Osborne
Updated February 18 2020 - 12:08am, first published 12:05am
Planting of summer crops like sorghum are forecast to plunge by 66 per cent in a new ABARES report.
Planting of summer crops like sorghum are forecast to plunge by 66 per cent in a new ABARES report.

The impact of the drought has been underscored by new figures showing summer crop planting areas are set to fall 66 per cent over the year, plunging to their lowest level in four decades.

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