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Merino wool producers work diligently in the harsh golden paddocks of rural New South Wales, carefully vaccinating a pen of woolly Merino lambs during shearing season. Wearing classic blue workshirts and wide-brimmed agricultural hats, the stockmen methodically move along the metal livestock yards, administering health treatments to each young sheep. The dry, dusty landscape stretches behind them, punctuated by sparse eucalyptus trees on the distant horizon, capturing the unforgiving yet beautiful Australian pastoral environment. Precise and practiced, one worker handles a vaccination tool while another manages the sheep's movement, their coordinated efforts reflecting generations of agricultural expertise. The lambs, tightly packed within the steel yard rails, represent the backbone of Australia's renowned wool industry - their dense, curling fleeces a testament to careful breeding and meticulous animal husbandry. Warm sunlight casts long shadows across the compacted earth, highlighting the textural details of woolly coats, weathered clothing, and rustic farm infrastructure.