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A middle aged man is crouched down in a field with his hands in the soil. His expression is stoic.

"The dry weather was dragging on and we were just about exhausted, but [the rain] came in the nick of time. It's given us a great mental lift too."

"It's purely a supply-and-demand situation, and the supply is very small."
A rows of mung beans are starting to push through the dirt. They've been planted in between rows of hay stubble.

"There are still patches on the Darling Downs that haven't had enough rain to plant,"
he said.

Irrigating sorghum

A close up of a head of sorghum. In the background more sorghum plants blurred. Fluffy white clouds in a bright blue sky.

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