Cane and cattle farmer Glenn Pressler says his rates have tripled. (ABC Rural: Megan Hughes) In a landscape where the cost of farming is increasing, growers say they’re struggling to cope with Bundaberg Regional Council’s hefty rates rise.
Charles Grima, who has farmed sugarcane and sweet potatoes for decades, has had one of the area’s highest increases in rates.
Previously his net half-yearly payment was $1,704 and now it’s $5,771 — a rise of more than 238 per cent."Farmers don’t have a guaranteed income; one year we can make a lot of money and the next year we’re lucky to break […]
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