00:02It's a site that was hard to imagine in recent years.
00:05This was Corbyn Schuster's paddocks north of Adelaide in 2024, with similar sites seen
00:11across the state as SA's struggled through years of drought.
00:15We've had a run of pretty tough seasons across the state, but I think this renewed sense
00:20of optimism for farmers in regions across South Australia is fantastic.
00:26Thankfully this year's been much kinder.
00:28When I stop my ute on the side of the road and have a chat to the neighbours, everyone's
00:30got a smile.
00:31Everyone's got a muddy ute and everyone's got a smile.
00:33It hasn't really stopped raining this year, so we're actually on track for probably one
00:38of the top three biggest harvests in South Australia's history.
00:42Farmers in many parts of the state say they're preparing for best ever seasons.
00:47Everyone's having a good year, everyone's buoyant and you can have a conversation and
00:52be open about the way you're going because you know that they're having a season
00:58like that.
00:58So that really lifts you.
01:00Taking the whole state as one, it will possibly rank as one of our largest harvests in a long
01:06time actually.
01:07It's all thanks to record rainfall.
01:09There's still about two months left of the growing season here and frost does still remain
01:15a risk, but farmers are feeling confident.
01:18The crops are not under stress, there's plenty of moisture there and all they have to do now
01:22is turn the rain into grain.
01:24I hope these crops can do exactly that.
01:28You…
01:28got to get the minds Mar- Burst right and
01:31go to the herbs passed on site.
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