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Calls for changes to disaster arrangements after hailstorm leaves farmers with no income for a year

Growers say more thought needs to be given to disaster arrangements as the climate changes. (Supplied: James Lister)

Fruit and vegetable growers on Queensland's Granite Belt have been left without an income for a year after a devastating hail event, prompting calls for changes to disaster arrangements. 

The powerful hailstorm wiped out strawberries, apples, capsicums, tomatoes, cucumbers, and beans with 100 per cent losses for some growers, while their neighbours were left unscathed.

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