Billion-dollar rain needed to save wilting winter crop

A "billion-dollar rain" in the next week could be the difference between a bumper crop and a below-average harvest for growers in northern NSW and southern Queensland.

The Australian Financial Review reports that the unusually hot, dry and windy weather in Central Queensland has already wilted the crop there and farmers further south, around the Darling Downs, are hoping they will soon receive rain to salvage what could be a good crop.

Northern NSW desperately need spring rains now. and the outlook in central and southern NSW is worse.

But the winter crop is doing well in Western Australia, where growers have received good rains through July and August. Crops are also looking good so far in South Australia and Victoria.

Fairfax, theland.farmonline.com.au 27 Aug 2009

Australia's State Governments, have become more religious than some of the most religious religions on the planet.

The governments are PRAYING for the rains that NEVER alleviate the droughts.

Over the past generation Australia has been becoming drier, and ZERO dollars have been spent on providing water for the general populous.

The ultimate price for government INACTION will be that the people will pay extraordinary prices for water, to the multinationals.