Nana Bea
Green doesn't mean full. I learnt that one the hard way.
Northern New South Wales had a good drop in May, about 100 millimetres in a week. The paddocks went green. But the subsoil's still dry, and that new grass is eighty to ninety per cent water. An animal nutritionist on the ABC said it's like trying to live on watermelon. Lovely. Not much tucker in it.
More than half a million cattle went through the saleyards in the first four months of the year. And the forecast warnings put the Hunter and our Mid North Coast in for a worsening drought by late August.
So don't let a green hill fool you, love. Push a spade in. If it comes up dry underneath, the soil's still waiting on a proper drink.
Source: ABC News, 2026-06-22
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