An interactive Agforce map is helping flood-stricken producers find fodder in the North West.
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The map show over 50 locations scattered across the region with fodder, each location marked with a red dot.
Already more than five and half tonnes of fodder has been distributed with peak industry body AgForce saying 150,000 head of cattle are in need of feed.
On Monday three MRH-90 Taipan helicopters from the Australian Defence Force made fodder drops from a depot in Cloncurry.
Cloncurry Shire Council shared the link of the fodder map and said there was still plenty of hay in the area.
“If you require a fodder drop, the best place to register is still through AgForce,” the Council said.
“The hay is also available to people who wish to personally collect from loading points with vehicles or personal helicopters. Any queries please contact Cloncurry DAF office - 07 4794 8900.”
A Community Recovery Hub will be set up from midday Tuesday at the Cloncurry Community Precinct
It will be open tomorrow from 9am-5pm and open 7 days a week.
They can assist with inquiries including Disaster Recovery Grants and their hotline is 180 22 66.
AgForce CEO Mike Guerin called it an unprecedented disaster and courageous and collaborative leadership was required to ensure the long-term well-being of cattle producers in north-west Queensland and the rural communities who rely on them.
"The speed and intensity of the unfolding tragedy makes it hard to believe that it's just a week since farmers' elation at receiving the first decent rains in five years turned to horror at the devastating and unprecedented flood that quickly followed,” Mr Guerin said.
"The latest reports confirm our earliest fears: this is a massive humanitarian crisis that has devastated an area twice the size of Victoria and is steadily expanding southwards.
"Although we won't know the full extent of the livestock losses and infrastructure damage until the water fully recedes, it is certain that the industry will take decades to recover.”
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Derek Barry
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
