Oxley Island dairy farmers, Pat and Louise Neal face the following costs
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* $900 per day on hay not taking into consideration wages, electricity, chemicals, water and other costs.
* One cow drinks 150 litres of water a day
* Currently their cattle are producing 17 litres of milk each a day (previously they were producing 20l).
* Pat suggests they need 300mm to 500mm of rain of over a week or two to fill up the dams and recover from the situation.