Assistance available for winegrowers in drought

With seasonal conditions worsening in parts of South Australia, Australian Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Barnaby Joyce, and Assistant Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, Senator Anne Ruston, highlighted the assistance measures that were available to help farmers in need. Joyce said livestock, dairy, wine and horticulture producing regions across South Australia, and in the South-East in particular, have experienced very challenging conditions for some time now, while ABARES has also forecast an almost 10 per cent drop in winter crop production.