PHOTO: Local crops will benefit from the recent rains.
Unexpected rainfall in recent months hasn’t dampened the market conditions for regional cropping, in a season that’s looking promising according to agronomists.
Heavy rains across the Western Plains in the last six weeks, while not expected, will be positive for farmers across the region.
Bourke reported 10 millimetres of rain in June and 51mm in July (thus far), with 41.6mm reported on July 8 and the most recent rain falling last weekend. The Walgett region has recorded 26.4 mm to July 28 this month, with 37.4mm recorded in June. Of that figure 33.8mm of rain fell on June 1.
Bourke cotton grower, Tony Thompson said harvest was already complete when the rains came through. “We can’t get on the paddocks if it’s too wet, and there may have been issues with later harvests in some districts but generally we were fine,” he said…