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Graziers in the northern savannah country rely on storms in November and December each year to boost dam levels, encourage grass growth and strengthen livestock.


But the rain never came and when it did, it was too little, too late.


get that four month window to grow enough grass to get you through the next eight months, so if that doesn happen, you got to start making changes.


Mr Pedersen who is also a Mareeba Shire councillor and his wife Karen considered themselves lucky when they bought the property on the Mitchell River in 1991, which is [url=http://www.redskinsmalls.com/authentic_art_monk_washington_red_skins_jersey... Art Monk Jersey how the station earned its name.


But luck has been hard to come by this century as dry conditions continue to thwart their plans for expansion.


In the early 2000s, of cattle died of accidental poisoning, starvation or had to be euthanised.


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worst part was they were young heifers on their first calves and they often your most fertile It was heartbreaking, he said.


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