Fed-up farmers switch off forecasts

Matt Taylor

The Bureau of Meteorology has flatly denied that its forecasts are unreliable. But local cropping farmers whose livelihoods rely on accurate outlooks say the bureau has its head in the clouds. MATT TAYLOR reports. JADED farmers in north-west Victoria have labelled the Bureau of Meteorology’s forecasting as a “joke”, saying they have lost faith in […]

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