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Bumper crop: Farmers beat drought, virus to set production record
Tuesday March 02, 2021
Australia’s farm production has been forecast to soar to a record high on the back of a remarkable turnaround from a crippling drought.
Vanstone Produce managing director Justin Vanstone on his family farm near Gatton. (Photo: Ausveg)
The federal government’s agriculture forecaster ABARES predicts production will reach almost $66 billion in 2020/21.
The latest figures, to be released at ABARES’ annual outlook conference on Tuesday, show the industry is defying the pandemic and seeing off the effects of consecutive poor seasons.
ABARES acting executive…
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