El Nino here to stay: seasonal risk agronomist

Weather models are in agreement that the current El Nino weather pattern is here to stay until April.

El Nino can bring drying conditions to south-eastern Australia and this year areas of Victoria have been hardest hit.

Seasonal Risk Agronomist with Victoria's Department of Economic Development, Dale Grey, who studies weather patterns and impacts for agriculture said El Nino loomed large over spring in the state.

Read the ABC Rural story - “Record Indian Ocean temperatures have potential to bring more rain to Australia, but El Nino lingers.”