28 September, 2017

Rain saves the day as WA farmers endure rollercoaster season filled with extremes

Grain growers across Western Australia are revelling in recent rainfall which they say has arrived just in time to save the season.
Peter Kuiper is upbeat about the forthcoming
cropping season after recent rainfall.
A dry start to spring had farmers the Great Southern to the South East region worried, but falls this week of up to 25 millimetres — and more in some districts — have proved to be a game changer.

West River farmer Peter Kuiper said the season had been a rollercoaster ride since the start of the year, when floods devastated the South East in February.


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