Like many in the region, the third-generation farmer is burying his dead stock. He says he is at ‘breaking point’
Warning: this story contains images of dead animals
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When the water began to rise on Kevin Schlenert’s farm in Glenthorne near Taree, eventually submerging every inch of it, he took shelter on a raised mattress in his bedroom. But as he waited for help, fearing the worst, some of his cattle had the same idea.
“I had a heifer come into the bedroom,” Schlenert says.
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