Photo: The faba beans out at the Altus’ family farm ‘Fermoy’ are looking promising this year (Photo: Harry Altus).
As farmers begin the harvest season with barley, faba beans and canola on the cut, a local agronomist is hopeful for this year's crop after the challenges faced.
Outlook Ag agronomist, Tom Cullen, said this year farmers had numerous hurdles to overcome including the unpredictable weather patterns throughout the growing stages.
"We just never really had a lot of rain in the growing season, from April through to October . . .
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