Lack of rain points to dry seeding start in Australia

Without rain in sight before seeding starts for many areas, farmers might have to rely on soil moisture to start the new season. However, the rainfall received in many towns so far is already higher than for the same period, January 1 to March 31, last year. Hyden is undeniably the rainfall winner so far, receiving 190 millimetres of rain in a matter of days in early March, on the back of the 2023 total being just 240mm. Since March it has been dry across much of the State. Esperance Aero received 125.6mm for the first three months of the year, up on 44mm for the same time last year. Corrigin received 121.2mm from January 1 to March 31, up on the 58mm for the same time last year. Hines Hill and Nangeenan are less than 30 kilometres west of Merredin and both areas have received just over 100mm so far this year, while Merredin has officially received 70.6mm. For the same period last year both areas received 26.6mm, while Merredin had 25.2mm. The rain has seemingly passed over ...