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Wind turbines and the flock
Victorian graziers Anne and Gus Gardiner recently got some great news. The Italian fashion house Zegna declared them one of Australia's top two fine wool producers.
But the recognition comes right as the Gardiners are pondering the future of their business.
They fear they might need to shut down their award-winning sheep property because of a forest of wind turbines rising on their boundary.
October 12, 2011
by Greg Hoy
in Australian Broadcasting Corporation
How will the wool quality and behaviour of sheep be affected by wind turbines operating in the adjacent paddock?
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LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: Victorian graziers Anne and Gus Gardiner recently got some great news. The Italian fashion house Zegna declared them one of Australia's top two fine wool producers.
But the recognition comes right as the Gardiners are pondering the future of their business.
They fear they might need to shut down their award-winning sheep property because of a forest of wind turbines rising on their boundary.
Here's Greg Hoy.
GREG HOY, REPORTER: A wicked wind can Howell across the rich volcanic... [continue via Web link]
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