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DECEMBER 2023
Your 56-page Small Farms magazine is available at Newsagents across Australia for only $9.95 or to subscribe visit smallfarms.net
Inside your FREE 16-page rural product catalogue Farm machinery & equipment, sheds, mowers, fencing solutions, irrigators, fuels, lubricants, fertilisers, soils, handy tools, agricultural books and much more. To receive your copy of Farmer Direct by email, go to
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