For miles around, the land is sown down to wheat, canola, some oats, and as summer draws nearer, every farmer from the dryland in the west of the Riverina, to the slightly wetter areas to the east, climbs into his header or windrower and harvests from sun up to sun down, round and round.
The process is made a little easier these days with gps systems and air conditioned cabins, but it's still a long day. Some crops this year have been damaged by frost. This is the 3rd good year, after a 10 year drought in this part of the world. It takes hard work, resilience, ingenuity, resourcefulness, hope and stickability.
So next time you buy a loaf of bread, give a nod to the farmer who planted it, grew it and harvested it, making beautiful circles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEw-yMbU5Q4
