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Farm Photo: Ice spikes adorn swather

Rob Ruwoldt from Wimmeria, Victoria, captures prickly ice sculpture on his top cross auger.

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 Prickly chill: The top cross auger on Rob Ruwoldt’s swather front demonstrates the effects of working on a cold October morning in the Wimmera. Photo: Rob Ruwoldt.

Prickly chill: The top cross auger on Rob Ruwoldt’s swather front demonstrates the effects of working on a cold October morning in the Wimmera. Photo: Rob Ruwoldt.

Rob was swathing canola in a paddock when a combination of weather and machine dynamics created this spectacularly spiky sculpture on the top cross auger. A combination of moisture on the canola being...

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