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Avocado trees 'shot up' rapidly in the Atherton Tablelands. Low prices, glut have some worried

The Atherton Tablelands is a sea of green after the rapid expansion of avocado tree plantings. (Supplied: Russell Delroy)

The Atherton Tablelands was once an agricultural mosaic of corn and sorghum crops intertwined with dairy production and tropical fruits.

But now the landscape is awash with green-leafed trees. In fact, hectares upon hectares of avocados.

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