Looking out across Scott Holcombe's sorghum crop, you would be forgiven for thinking you were standing in southern Queensland's cropping country.

His 4,000-hectare dryland crop is in the heart of outback Queensland's cattle country, 1,400 kilometres north-west of Brisbane, near the small outpost town of Corfield.

This country is known for its wide Mitchell Grass plains, variable seasonal conditions and long, hard droughts.

But Mr Holcombe has been able to transform what he says is his most unproductive country into his most abundant by growing sorghum.

The grazier would like to expand his crop, which he uses to feed his cattle, by accessing water from one of the largest underground freshwater reservoirs in the world — the Great Artesian Basin .

"It would be game changing in a very p

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