Stories tagged: rain
Rain across region needed now
“IT’S dry as chips.” So said Elders stock and station agent Ryan Sergeant late last month. Mr Sergeant was repeating the phrase that farmers across…
A season halved
FARMERS in Central Victoria have been granted a month’s grace following patchy rainfall in October. Producers within a 40-kilometre radius of Alexandra received between 20-40ml…
Vignerons kept on toes
HEAVY rainfalls have kept vignerons busy across the district over the past month.
When good rain is just too good
MORE consistent rain across the Wangaratta district this week has farmers saying enough is enough.
Best in 20 years
LOCAL beef, dairy and crop farming enterprises have experienced their best autumn break in 20 years.
Perfect sowing
AUTUMN has turned out to be one of the best climatic conditions local beef producer Dane Martin has experienced in 30 years farming in the…
Hay, no dry crop concern, just yet
THE current dry spell, which has seen most areas of Victoria receive less than one third of its long term average rainfall in April, is…
Rain brings relief to desperate farmers across the region
AN autumn break has come with more than an inch of rain recorded across the district over the past two days