Farmers are facing a long, pot-holed and often crumbling road to recovery as they forge ahead with post-flood recovery efforts.
Victorian farmers are rebuilding fences, tracks and shed bases after a weak harvest when spoilt grain and fruit crops were salvaged for livestock feed and fruit juice.
In northern Victoria, Rochester crop farmer and contractor Geoff Dwyer said the floods had been devastating.
“Crops were badly affected… but we still put the headers over them and got back what we could, but it’s only suitable for stock feed,” Dwyer told AAP.
“But what do you do… you’ve got to bat on, mate.”…