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Renewed appeal for drought aid for farmers─── SABRINA DEAN 09:36 Tue, 19 Jul 2016
Photo: CSIRO
OFM News' agri editor Sabrina Dean speaks to Agri SA Deputy Executive Director Christo van der Rheede about a fresh appeal to corporate sectors and private individuals to help farmers with financial contributions to survive the impact of the drought.
Van der Rheede says the scary reality is that a lot of the country’s top commercial farmers have their backs against the wall and are completely cash strapped.
He says the added problem is that the big commercial farmers drive economies in smaller rural times and if they go out of business, it will have a severe impact on small towns, which will spill over to the bigger cities.
Renewed appeal for drought aid for farmers:
