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Students try farm work on school holidays as agriculture industry seeks young people

The average age of an Australian farmer is 58, but it is becoming more common to spot teenagers working on farms as the sector tries to boost its ageing workforce. 

Cody Muller, 17, from Queensland's Wide Bay is one of them.

He has been part of the opening cohort in Queensland's first program to introduce students to careers in agriculture during the school holidays.

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