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Fierce flames consume a wheat stubble field in a controlled burn, a critical agricultural practice across the New South Wales wheat belt. Brilliant orange and intense yellow flames leap dramatically against the pale golden stubble, creating a stark and powerful landscape of agricultural management. The controlled fire sweeps across the harvested field, blackening the ground in its wake and preparing the soil for the next planting season. Smoke billows into a pale sky, creating a hazy horizon that stretches across the flat, open farmland typical of inland Australian grain-growing regions. This strategic burning helps manage crop residue, control weeds, and return nutrients to the soil, representing a generations-old farming technique that balances ecological management with agricultural productivity. The image captures the raw, elemental power of agricultural practice, where fire becomes a tool of renewal and preparation in the continuous cycle of dryland farming.