Widespread rain a confidence booster in Australia

Published Jun 13, 2021

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Western Australia's agricultural regions have seen significant rainfall, up to four times more than last year, following three consecutive dry seasons. This has led to increased confidence, soil moisture, and overflowing dams. Jarrod King, a farmer at Gairdner, is optimistic for the promising season, having filled his key dam for the first time in four years. The rainfall has allowed the reintroduction of faba beans in crop programs and allowed farmers to retain sheep numbers instead of destocking. The community is happy and excited for the potential of building stock numbers and improving the industry.

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WIDESPREAD showers have drenched paddocks across Western Australia, with some agricultural regions recording up to four times more rainfall than the same time last year. Along the south coast at Gairdner, the downpours have boosted confidence, replenished soil moisture and left dams overflowing, after three consecutive dry seasons. Warralea Poll Merino stud principal Jarrod King said his key dam had filled up for the first time in four years, having already recorded 255 millimetres of rain. Mr King, a sixth-generation farmer, labelled it "the best" season start he had seen in almost a decade at Gairdner. He, his wife Chelsea, Chelsea's brother Brett Crabtree and his wife Nathalia, operate a cropping (65 per cent) and sheep (35pc) enterprise, which includes 4500 hectares of wheat, barley, lupins, canola and faba beans and will shear 11,000 sheep this year. The pair said recent weather conditions were ideal and set them up for a promising season. "The past three years have been ...

Source: Farmweekly