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Blaming cotton for a downturn in rice production is just plain dumb!!! Cotton has been mainstream in the area for well over 10 years.
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There are many soils around the region that will not grow good cotton, yet are very suitable rice ground.
Mark Norvall
There would be many farmers growing rice in the Murray Valley if we had more water. Whether we have 100 per cent allocation or 10 per cent allocation, here in the MIL we have 27 per cent less water than we did before the plan. The losses at SunRice are just the tip of the iceberg.