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A proposed water flow increase threatens Tamworth farmers’ livelihoods by slashing hay harvests and risking farm closures.
Lucerne farmers in Tamworth, including Richard and Josie Tonkin, are facing potential collapse due to a proposed water-sharing plan that would raise minimum river flows at Kootingal weir from 2.5 to 36 megalitres, reducing annual hay harvests from seven or eight cuts to just three.
The change, outside the Murray-Darling Basin Plan’s framework, threatens family farms, undermines investments, and risks property values.
Irrigators warn it could force small farms out of business, with Tamworth Regional Council unanimously opposing the plan, citing economic and environmental concerns and criticizing the NSW government for failing to finalize a replacement despite the prior plan expiring in July.
Submissions closed October 8.
Un aumento propuesto del flujo de agua amenaza los medios de subsistencia de los agricultores de Tamworth al reducir las cosechas de heno y arriesgar el cierre de las granjas.