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Guy Milson has been farming his land six kilometres outside Goulburn for the past 38 years.
"People 'round here the call me a newcomer," he said. "They tell me you haven't had time to unpack your bags."
But during four decades on the farm, rarely has Mr Milson seen as season as good as this one - and neither has the rest of Australia.
Agricultural growth surged by an extraordinary 27.6 per cent in 2016, the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics national accounts have revealed, following a record harvest in every state. While agriculture enjoyed a double-digit leap, the traditional driver of the Australian economy - mining - grew by just 4.6 per cent. Retail struggled, and manufacturing and construction went backwards.
Hug a farmer, they've just saved Australia's economic bacon
Good deal. At least somebody somewhere had a good harvest.
"People 'round here the call me a newcomer," he said. "They tell me you haven't had time to unpack your bags."
But during four decades on the farm, rarely has Mr Milson seen as season as good as this one - and neither has the rest of Australia.
Agricultural growth surged by an extraordinary 27.6 per cent in 2016, the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics national accounts have revealed, following a record harvest in every state. While agriculture enjoyed a double-digit leap, the traditional driver of the Australian economy - mining - grew by just 4.6 per cent. Retail struggled, and manufacturing and construction went backwards.
Hug a farmer, they've just saved Australia's economic bacon
Good deal. At least somebody somewhere had a good harvest.
