<div>'Australia doesn’t realise’: worsening drought pushes farmers to the brink</div>

Liverpool plains farmer Megan Kuhn says cows are being slaughtered because there is no way of feeding them after years of extreme weatherIn the south-west corner of NSW’s Liverpool plains, in an area called Bundella, farmer Megan Kuhn runs beef cattle and merino sheep with her husband, Martin.They have 400 breeding cows that will calve in six weeks. Shortly, 89 of those cows will leave the property, sold to an abattoir because the cost of feeding the animals during drought has become too great. Related: Water shortages to be key environmental challenge of the century, Nasa warns Everywhere is worse than I've ever seen itIn the next three weeks we’re going to lose our winter crop-sowing window Related: Farmers challenge Nationals' claim drought unrelated to climate change Continue reading...