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Beer prices rise as drought continues | The Australian
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THE price of beer and other Aussie staples such as meat and bread are set to rise in NSW due to prolonged drought.
NSW Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald said September's lack of rain put 80 per cent of the state in drought.
With little to no rainfall last month, Mr Macdonald said the estimated winter crop for March and April next year was now lost.
Price increases of up ten per cent are expected to come in a month's time.
"What this means is that every farmer will face a grim Christmas across this state with little income," Mr Macdonald said.
"As well as that every household will be affected because of rising food prices," he said.
Wheat and barley are among the crops hardest hit with the knock-on effect hitting beer drinkers and raising the price of bread.
"We anticipate there could be prices increasing in the order of 10 to 20 cents a schooner due to the shortage of barley," he said.
Mr Macdonald said the barley shortage was unlikely to affect the taste of beer.
"It would be nice to know that you are drinking a beer over Christmas that has helped the farmers," he said.
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And who said that global warming was a joke? Now we're left out in the heat
without beer, it is every aussie's worst nightmare and it is all because of peoples disbelief in global warming. I mean, come on, it has never been this bad here, we always had enough rainfall to get us through but this is ridiculous.
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