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Story Added : 26th February 2010
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The amount of land being used for farming in north-west Victoria has almost doubled in the past decade, despite drought and water shortages.

The report, put together by the Mallee Catchment Management Authority, shows how much farming has changed in the past 13 years in north-west Victoria.

It found that there's 75 per cent more land being farmed, and most of that comes about because of the massive plantings of thousands of hectares of almonds and olives by managed investment schemes.

At the same time, there's been a big drop in the amount of land being farmed in the irrigation districts in and around Mildura.

In that area, there's an average drop of land used for farming of about 20 per cent, with some areas suffering a 35 per cent drop.

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Date Added : 26th February 2010

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