Toobeah farmers 'flooded out of business'

Mark Phelps
Updated April 27 2017 - 7:44am, first published April 26 2017 - 5:46pm
RUINED: Toobeah farmers Bruce Lamey and his son Chris have lost $2 million crops as a result of flooding they say is the direct result of the construction of illegal structures used to capture irrigation water on the floodplain.
RUINED: Toobeah farmers Bruce Lamey and his son Chris have lost $2 million crops as a result of flooding they say is the direct result of the construction of illegal structures used to capture irrigation water on the floodplain.

LAST year Toobeah farmers Bruce Lamey and his son Chris lost a $1.4 million chickpea crop. Right now it looks like a $250,000 cotton crop will also be a write-off.

Mark Phelps

Mark Phelps

Journalist

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