“WHEN the rain tumbles down in July,” country music legend, the late Slim Dusty sang in his immortal ballad, and this year at least, he got it right.
Beef processors across large parts of eastern Australia are facing unseasonal challenges with cattle supply this week, as paddocks become too wet to muster and some access roads become impassable.
Much as the Bureau of Meteorology predicted last week, there’s been widespread falls of anywhere from 25-100mm across large areas of northern Australia, where winter rain is rare, over the past week. More isolated patches have received 150mm…