Hope is drying up for solid winter rains

By Megan Cechner & Ken Wilson
June 30 2017 - 6:00am
ONGERUP  farmer Matt Campbell recorded a timely 26 millimetres of rain on the family farming property in the past week to nudge falls close to the June average.  Here, Matt is checking germinations of Planet barley sown into canola stubble on May 10.  “We got 180mm of rain in February so that was a big plus,” he said.
ONGERUP farmer Matt Campbell recorded a timely 26 millimetres of rain on the family farming property in the past week to nudge falls close to the June average. Here, Matt is checking germinations of Planet barley sown into canola stubble on May 10. “We got 180mm of rain in February so that was a big plus,” he said.

MOTHER Nature tumbled her Lotto rainfall numbers out last week with only a few winners to report of, mainly across the Great Southern.

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