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Merino ewes cluster tightly around a hay bale on a verdant pasture, their dense silvery-gray fleeces creating a textural landscape against the expansive green grasslands of South Australia's southeast region. The winter light casts a soft, clear illumination across the paddock, revealing the lush ground—a deceptive "green drought" that masks the underlying feed scarcity. These resilient Merino rams and ewes huddle with purposeful concentration around the critical nutritional resource, their collective body language speaking to the survival instincts of a flock navigating challenging environmental conditions. Distant tree lines and flat horizons frame the scene, emphasizing the agricultural vastness of the landscape and the intricate relationship between livestock and land. The tight clustering of sheep around the hay bale demonstrates the strategic feeding practices of skilled pastoral managers, ensuring the flock's health during a season of limited natural forage. This tableau captures the quiet resilience of Australian agricultural practice—adaptable, resourceful, and intimately connected to the rhythms of the land.