Farm floods will hit food supplies and drive up prices. Farmers need help to adapt as weather extremes worsen
- Written by: Elisabeth Vogel, Postdoctoral research fellow, UNSW Sydney
A flooded farm from the Loddon river in Serpentine, VictoriaLuke MilgateSome of Victoria’s most important agricultural regions are among the areas worst hit by severe floods inundating the state this week.
This may lead to food shortages and higher supermarket prices for milk, fruit, vegetables and other farm products. Indeed, about 20% of...