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A red header moves along a paddock harvesting grain with a truck following behind.

Close up of man kneeling in wheat crop holding stems.

A woman in a blue shirt standing in front of a harvester.

A red header harvests grain.

"We are now seeing drought conditions in South Australia that haven't been endured for some time,"
he said.
Peter Malinauskas on the hustings on polling day during the Black by-election.

"But it's definitely worth it. Small communities are great, and you've got to be resilient."
A harvester cuts through grain in a dry paddock.

A woman in a sheep pen with sheep in the background.

"This is the worst that Dad can remember, and even Grandpa. [It's] definitely the worst in my short farming career,"
she said.

Sheep in a dry paddock with a hay bale.

Paddock of black cattle eating hay.

A man wearing a cap, crouching in a paddock of wheat.

A older man in a blue shirt in the foreground with grain in the background.

A header with male sitting behind the wheel harvests grain.

A farmer in a striped shirt looking over his shoulder in a harverster on a farm property.

"There's a fair bit of hurt, so people are definitely feeling it, and we're trying to get around everyone and get on with it,"
he said.

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