Mount Canobolas, once a thriving hub for over 400 fruit growers, has seen a drastic decline in orchards with only 10 remaining on the mountain's slopes.
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00:00 Hi, I'm Michael Cunieral. We're at Carinio Orchards. I'm a third-generation orchardist.
00:07 We're actually pushing our orchard out because we can't get the prices we used to get. There's
00:13 not as much profit in it anymore. We're transitioning over to cattle just to keep the grass down.
00:20 It's a shame to see everything go, but it's a sign of the times and I can't see too much
00:25 of a future with the supermarkets and pricing the way it is and inflation and all the other
00:32 things that go to running an agricultural property, which is a sad state of affairs.
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