'It has been heart-wrenching': farmers on living with drought in Australia | Vivien Thomson, John Hamparsum, Anika Molesworth and Mike Hayes

Drought has gripped large parts of the country for years. Four farmers talk about the emotional and financial toll it is taking This is the second drought that my partner Robert and I have faced in the last decade at Carinya, our property in Muttama, New South Wales. After the millennium drought broke in 2011, we felt a bit bruised, but thought that we would have a few good years to rebuild. Related: While I live with three minute showers in this drought, I know people in the cities are wasting