First flood hit the farmers of the Lismore region, then came drought.
The first flood was the worst. Early last year a low-pressure system lurked off the east coast sucking moisture in over northern NSW and southern Queensland where, over the last days of February, 670 millimetres of rain fell.
“We live on a flood plain, and I’ve seen 20-odd floods over the years,” said Pye this week. “But never anything like that.” Pye’s towering crop disappeared beneath the floodwaters. “It’s been a big ask for all the guys harvesting. You imagine, you know; hurting your eyeballs trained on what’s in front of you because it’s hard to see into the crop.”
Richmond River cane farmers, Geoff Pye and son Max from Coraki, inspect debris in drowned cane farms after the Lismore floods.first visited. By then Pye had put a crop of rice in to try to make some use of some of sodden fields. And then suddenly the water stopped. It got so dry so fast that the rice failed to even head.
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