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Liv Casben

Cotton, wheat expand as dairy declines

Canola farmers have recorded a 43 per cent increase in production to the year to June (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Farming land has decreased and more dairy farmers have left the industry, while cotton, canola and wheat production has hiked.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics' latest agricultural snapshot found the amount of agricultural land as of June 2022 declined by five per cent from the previous year to 369 million hectares.

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