Sowing the seeds of farming's big comeback

Brad ThompsonReporter

Apr 9, 2020 – 12.00am

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Australian farmers buoyed by recent rain and strong wheat prices are set to add more than a million hectares to grain production this year.

Thousands of grain growers are about to start seeding winter crops that by the time they are finished will cover well over 20 million hectares.

Brad Thompson writes across business and politics from Western Australia for The Australian Financial Review. Brad is based in our Perth bureau.

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