Australia: Southern croppers to get sustained run of fine weather to complete harvest

Published 2024년 12월 11일

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The article provides an overview of the ongoing harvest situation in southern Australia for the 2024-25 winter crop, focusing on regions such as southern NSW, Victoria, and southern SA and WA. It highlights the challenges faced due to variable weather conditions, including excessive rainfall in some areas that might lead to downgrades in yield. Despite these challenges, there have been surprising results with crops like lentils and barley outperforming expectations. The article also emphasizes the importance of summer weed control in boosting yields and discusses the significance of seed quality assessment for the next planting, advising farmers to perform germination tests under real growing conditions to ensure the viability of the seed.

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After a frustrating bout of wet harvest weather croppers with grain still to harvest are finally set to get the sustained run of fine conditions that will allow them to complete the 2024-25 harvest. The focus of the winter crop harvest is now on southern NSW, Victoria and southern parts of SA and WA, with northern regions drawing to a close. Modelling from the Bureau of Meteorology shows the Esperance region in Western Australia is the only zone with significant area of unharvested grain likely to receive more than 10mm in the next eight days. The rainfall is likely to mean downgrades in southern regions, especially through Central West NSW and the South West Slopes where over 200mm has fallen, while parts of Victoria's cropping belt have received up to 140mm in a frustrating end to a season. For some areas, the falls through late November and early December have exceeded the growing season rainfall (GSR). Through Victoria downgrading flash points are likely to include parts of ...

Source: Farmweekly