Financial recovery after floods to take 5-6yrs: central QLD graziers

Posted Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:00am AEST


Graziers in parts of central Queensland ravaged by floods six months
ago say it will take five or six years for them to recover financially.

Hundreds of cattle died and significant infrastructure losses occurred
when floods swept through the Belyando River region near Clermont and
Alpha in late January.

Rosie Robertson manages a bull depot in the area and says graziers are
still struggling to overcome problems associated with the floods.

"The biggest problem has been that the parthenium has just taken over
and there's not a lot of grass and people are trying to get food for
their cattle and of course there's the expense of transporting the
cattle and getting them home again," Ms Robertson said.

"The biggest thing that's happened now is that they just can't afford
to transport their cattle but they've got to to try and find somewhere
else for them to feed."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/22/2310612.htm