<P> The Murray - Darling 5sos Basin is seen as Australia's breadbasket, being the source of 40% of the nation's agricultural income, a third of the wheat harvest, 95% of the rice crop and other products such as fruit, wine and cotton . </P> <P> When New Zealand became a British colony, the fertile lands produced food that would be shipped back to England, causing New Zealand to become colloquially known (occasionally along with Australia) as Britain's breadbasket, subsequently leading to the Dunedin being the first ship to complete a truly successful transport of refrigerated meat . She was refitted with a refrigeration machine with which she took the first load of frozen meat from New Zealand to the United Kingdom . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (March 2015) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (March 2015) </Td> </Tr>

Why do you think the prairies are sometimes called the breadbasket of the world