Manning Valley farmers have been doing it tough through the drought

Julia Driscoll
Updated March 19 2018 - 12:32pm, first published March 14 2018 - 5:30pm
February 2018: Farmer Greg Newell of Linga Longa Farm in Wingham has been buying water since September. Picture: supplied
February 2018: Farmer Greg Newell of Linga Longa Farm in Wingham has been buying water since September. Picture: supplied

“Just because it’s raining, we’re not out of the woods just yet,” Kirstin Bisley, livestock officer for Hunter Local Land Services in the Manning-Great Lakes, says.

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Julia Driscoll

Julia Driscoll

Journalist

Julia Driscoll has worked as a journalist for the Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Times for seven years. She values the deep connection with community that being a rural and regional journalist brings. Career highlights have involved environmental stories - bringing the plight of the little known endangered Manning River helmeted turtle to the attention of the public, resulting in wide-spread knowledge in the community and conservation action; and breaking the news of the Manning River ceasing to run for the first time in recorded history.

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