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Liv Casben

Record crops deliver big agriculture gains

It's been a bumper year for many wheat farmers as crop yields hit "once in a lifetime" levels. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Record crops have helped Australian agriculture deliver a bumper year, with new data showing a 17 per cent increase in value to $70.9 billion.

The agricultural census, which the Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts every five years, provides a snapshot of the farming industry.

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