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Canola farmers in NSW are enjoying a bumper harvest following drought-breaking rains during the Australian winter.
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Above-average rainfall between March and August helped NSW emerge out of a prolonged drought, with winter crop production expected to increase year on year by 60%.
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A canola field outside Canberra.
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Canola is also known as rapeseed.
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Farmer Peter O’Connor stands among this year’s bumper crop of canola in Harden.
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The crop represents a ‘massive turnaround’ for Peter O’Connor, after years of unrelenting drought across NSW.
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In NSW you’ll find canola fields in the Riverina and central west regions.
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A road cuts through a field of canola.
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