ABOUT the only thing Darren Lee’s new seed rate controller can’t do is dial-up some much-needed rain on the family’s Dowerin property.
Darren and his wife, Nadia, together with his parents, Garry and Marj, crop about 80 per cent of their 2500ha ‘Rosalea’ farm to wheat, barley, canola and some lupins, although they pulled-up with 300ha to go in their program this year due to the dry conditions.
They also run about 1000 Merino sheep plus lambs.
Their sowing rig includes a 12 metre (40ft) Ausplow DBS Auseeder set on 25cm (10in) spacings and a 14,000-litre Ausplow Multistream, triple bin air seeder pulled by a Case Steiger 500 tractor.
The family recently upgraded to the new generation 7500 controller.