
A further 24.5 per cent of the state is marginal, meaning just 1.9 per cent of NSW is considered to be satisfactory. The figures, released by the Department of Primary Industries, show more of the state is affected by drought than at any time in the past two years.
NSW Farmers Association senior vice president John Ridley said a lack of average rainfall should usually only occur once every ten years. But Mr Ridley, who lives in central NSW, said he hadn't seen average rainfall since 2001.
As debate heats up around the federal government's carbon pollution reduction scheme, Mr Ridley said most farmers did not think the big dry in NSW was an effect of climate change. "I think most farmers are a bit cynical about any lasting climate change effect," he told AAP. "They are more inclined to think that the climate is changing at the moment but it will change back the other way….
From 1889, ON THE ROAD FROM HAY TO BOOLIGAL [N.S.W.] - RECENT DROUGHT IN NEW SOUTH WALES-From sketches by our special artist. Wood engraving published in The Illustrated Australian news. The image consists of five panels: Hay -- A changing station -- Sunrise on the one tree plain -- The Booligal sanitary authorities -- Booligal
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