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flag The Northern Territory is launching large-scale farming in arid land using groundwater, aiming for 100,000 hectares of crops by 2030.

flag The Northern Territory is emerging as Australia’s next agricultural frontier, with investors developing large-scale irrigation projects to grow crops like cotton, melons, and mangoes on arid land, inspired by the 1950s transformation of the Nullarbor Plain. flag A 1,400-hectare project near Larrimah, backed by a 10-billion-litre annual groundwater licence, is central to the NT government’s goal of establishing 100,000 hectares of broadacre cropping by 2030. flag While past success in the Nullarbor—driven by deep aquifers, solar-powered pumping, and remote monitoring—proves arid land can support agriculture, the NT’s farming ambitions remain in early stages, with outcomes still uncertain.

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