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Farmers plant record area to canola as oilseed prices soar

Eye-watering prices have led canola farmers to sow a record number of hectares this year, but will yields match last year's crop?

ABC News · Jul 29, 2022

Delayed NSW cotton harvest and worker shortage leads women to rise to the occasion to get crop picked

Annie Kennedy is seven months pregnant, but with the help of former ballerina Britt de Jong she is working around the clock to get the cotton crop picked.

ABC News · Jul 17, 2022

Sydney Royal Easter Show success proves age has not wearied treasured institution

The idea for the Sydney Royal Easter Show sprang from a group of farmers wanting to prove whose produce was the best. Two centuries later, a lot has changed, but not the popularity of the event.

ABC News · Apr 22, 2022