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Farmers encouraged to register for help

Rural Aid can assist with things like hay deliveries in times of drought. Picture: Supplied
Em Jensen

WITH extreme weather events occurring more regularly recently across Australia, farmers are being encouraged to register with Rural Aid, a charity assists in times of disaster with financial support, fodder and water deliveries and free mental health counselling. Bushfires in Victoria, flooding and cyclones in Queensland, storms and damaging winds throughout New South Wales and […]

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