SunRice, former Deniliquin farmer, on depleted rice supplies and water policy

Sophie Boyd
Updated April 14 2021 - 11:52pm, first published September 16 2020 - 7:37am
Shelley Scoullar holds a picture of her family - husband Paul and sons Hayden, 14, Lachie, 4, and Jack, 12 - taken in April 2019 during their last rice harvest on her farm.
Shelley Scoullar holds a picture of her family - husband Paul and sons Hayden, 14, Lachie, 4, and Jack, 12 - taken in April 2019 during their last rice harvest on her farm.

Australia's locally-grown rice supplies could be exhausted by Christmas, according to SunRice, with high water prices and a lack of allocation making rice growing "almost impossible" for NSW Riverina growers.

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