Fed: Drought to slash summer crop production

AAP General News (Australia)
02-20-2007
Fed: Drought to slash summer crop production

CANBERRA, Feb 20 AAP - The drought will slash Australia's summer crop production to
its lowest level in more than 20 years.

After running a scythe through the winter grain harvest, the big dry is set to take
a huge toll on water-intensive summer crops like cotton and rice.

The federal government's rural economic forecaster, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural
and …