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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.
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