The Northern Crisis - Soil Erosion

The slopes and plains of northern New South Wales contain some of the richest cropping land in Australia, and produce much of the wheat, cotton and sorghum grown each year in this State.

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Date
1 January 1984
Publisher
Soil Conservation Service of New South Wales
Type
Publication
Cost
Free
Language
English
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For landholders this soil erosion can mean loss of crops, yield and quality reduction, destruction of fences, water storages or buildings and increasingly difficult farming conditions. Shire councils and other government agencies must budget large sums of money each year to repair roads, rail lines, bridges, culverts and other facilities. The physical damage costs money now, while the lost soil fertility and wastage of the soil resource itself will have repercussions well into the next century.