Australia: Dry and dusty start to seeding progams

Published 2024년 4월 22일

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The Grain Industry Association of Western Australia (GIWA) has highlighted that many growers in WA have started or are about to start their 2024 seeding programs, with a notable trend towards dry sowing due to current dry soil conditions and a lack of rainfall. This approach, while not unusual for the region, brings concerns due to the continuation of dry and hot weather from the summer into the growing season. As a result, farmers are adjusting their cropping strategies, notably reducing the area for canola planting in favor of lupins and oats, which are seeing higher prices and lower stocks. The persistence of dry conditions could lead to a decrease in the overall crop area, with uncertainty surrounding the proportions of wheat and barley planting as the season progresses.

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Most growers either started last week or will do so this week when it comes to their 2024 seeding programs, suggests the Grain Industry Association of Western Australia (GIWA). The prediction was made in GIWA's April 2024 crop outlook released on Friday. It said apart from some canola and oats in the Hyden area sown into moisture and isolated pockets of canola further north, it was all dry sowing. With no rain on the horizon, it looks like at least a couple more weeks of dry sowing is ahead. GIWA said this was not unusual for WA and not necessarily a precursor to a poor year, "although the extremely dry soil profiles are a concern and have put a dampener on the start to the 2024 growing season". "The dry hot summer is lingering, and the reprieve in March with storms across areas of the eastern grainbelt raised hopes for a change in weather patterns. "However, with current climate outlooks forecasting more of the same for the time being, these hopes have evaporated. "Whilst things ...

Source: Farmweekly