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Merino lambs cluster around a feed trough under the sprawling branches of a eucalyptus tree, their dense, silver-grey fleece creating a uniform sea of woolly bodies in a dusty feedlot paddock. A seasoned farmer in a wide-brimmed hat and olive work shirt stands watchfully beside the feeding area, while a focused black working dog prepares to assist with livestock management. The scene captures the precision of intensive sheep farming in rural New South Wales, where carefully managed nutrition and expert stock handling combine to produce prime agricultural stock. Bare earth, metal feeding infrastructure, and robust post-and-rail fencing define the controlled environment, with mature gum trees providing natural shelter and a sense of enduring agricultural landscape. The black working dog, muscular and alert, represents the critical role of canine partners in Australian farming, ready to guide and control the flock with instinctive skill. This image embodies the quiet efficiency of modern sheep production - a testament to generations of agricultural expertise in challenging rural conditions.