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Mallee groundcover levels hit new low

Dr Penny Roberts (front) is part of a team looking at new approaches to erosion risk assessment. Picture: Supplied
Edmund Coleman

GROWERS in the Northern Mallee are facing some of the worst seasonal conditions on record, experts have warned, with many paddocks left “bare and vulnerable” due to “extremely poor” growing conditions for the past two years. Scarce rainfall since early 2024 has resulted in some of the lowest levels of ground cover on record, and […]

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