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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Mandy McKeesick

Regional Australians on the fuel crisis: ‘Every morning I wake to see the price has gone up’

A John Deere S670 header faces off against a horse-drawn harvester from the 1860s
Fuel crisis in regional Australia: a John Deere S670 header faces off against a horse-drawn harvester in northern NSW in 2013 – a viable alternative today? Photograph: Mandy McKeesick/The Guardian

In 2013, at a field day near North Star in northern New South Wales, a paddock of oats was harvested by a brand-new, diesel-guzzling John Deere S670 header, facing off against a team of three Clydesdale horses, powered by hay, pulling an 1860s Meadowbank stripper.

People laughed at the comparison.

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