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- adjective Australia Of or pertaining to, or suitable for large-scale
farming .
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Examples
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Native plants are well adapted to the nutrient-poor sandy and lateritic soils, which also support broadacre cropping and sheep grazing.
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Mr Crozier, a broadacre farmer near Canberra, is representing the views of farmers in his area at the two-day meeting which began today.
And, from Australia.... GayandRight 2007
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Mr Crozier, a broadacre farmer near Canberra, is representing the views of farmers in his area at the two-day meeting which began today.
Archive 2007-10-01 GayandRight 2007
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From the article:ROBOT helicopters could be buzzing over Australia's broadacre paddocks and rural fires in the near future with a Brisbane aerospace company developing a low-cost model similar to surveillance craft used by the military...
Robot helicopters 2005
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With Australia's comparative advantage in broadacre production, speakers have suggested that there is significant potential for Australian grain and wool producers to expand their exports.
Closing Speech at the Australia-China FTA Conference - Future Directions 2004
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Trangie's economy relies on farming, after growing on the back of the wool industry, and later expanding into broadacre farming and grazing.
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A batch of some of the latest New Holland high clearance tractors have been bedded-down on a new vegetable-growing enterprise established amid the traditional broadacre operations of
WN.com - Articles related to Setting up a vegetable garden at home for safe, organic food 2010
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A batch of some of the latest New Holland high clearance tractors have been bedded-down on a new vegetable-growing enterprise established amid the traditional broadacre operations of Queensland's Darling Downs.
WN.com - Articles related to Setting up a vegetable garden at home for safe, organic food 2010
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The president of Queensland's broadacre farming lobby, AgForce, has welcomed the earlier than expected return to surplus but bemoans the lack of spending on transport infrastructure across the state.
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Australian native vegetation holds more moisture than broadacre crops and improved pastures, and this moisture evaporates and recycles back as rainfall and also raises humidity.
RealClimate 2009
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