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Power price impact

Jan 23, 2024 | Article, Farmers, This Week's Issue | 0 comments


By Nasik Swami
High electricity prices are killing the district’s livestock sector, making life difficult for businesses and households, claims an elected counsellor. Naracoorte-Lucindale Council Cr Cameron Grundy says farmers who used irrigation to produce more, adding to our gross domestic product, “have simply turned off their pumps”, thereby producing less.
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