Adam Smith, who farms with wife Bec and parents Richard and Di, has had about 230mm of rain on his mixed-cropping farm at Beverley this year, most of it falling during two summer rain events.
Up to 24mm of rain fell in the 10 days to Monday, setting up a promising season.
“We had some excellent rain over the weekend – about 13mm – which has given us a brilliant start,” Adam said.
“It’s not often we go into seeding with a full moisture profile, so that’s a pretty good start.
“We started out seeding feeling pretty confident, the only worry was the lack of rain on the horizon, but it’s always pretty variable at this time of the year.”
The Smiths’ cropping program is split into thirds, with canola, barley and wheat.
Richard Smith (left) and Adam Smith (right) take a break from seeding.
