Our organisation represents 600 irrigators within the Macquarie Valley, who are innovative and progressive producers looking for resource efficient ways of production.

"The Macquarie Marshes: an ecological history" by Gillian Hogendyk  For your copy of this publication please forward $15 plus $5 p/h per book to: Warren Secretarial Services PO Box 204 Warren NSW 2824 Australia An Electronic PDF Version of the book can be obtained through the Intitute of Public Affairs Website CLICK HERE

To view irrigation areas of Narromine Shire click here. Government announces $20,000 for Murray Darling Basin Irrigators. Click here for more information.

Macquarie Valley Facts:

• Macquarie Valley Irrigators use on 26% of the water in the Macquarie River system - towns use about 2%, the Macquarie Marshes use 35%, 10% goes to above Marsh flooding, 20% is lost to evaporation and 7% flows into the Darling River
• Agriculture is the third largest employer in the Macquarie Catchment and irrigated agriculture employs 2/3 of all those working in the agricultural sector
• Over the past 6 years Macquarie irrigators have averaged 12% general security allocation.