WHEAT is being sown at the Browne's property east of Nyabing in one of the best starts Warrick Brown (left), pictured with worker Jack Bartlett, can remember.
Together with his wife Jess, brother Trenton, sister-in-law Rachel and parents Gordon and Cheryl, there will be 9000 hectares of clover, canola, wheat, barley and oats sown this season.
The clover was the first in the ground starting March 22 to support the 12,000 sheep run on the property, which include a large contingent of Dohne Merinos from the Chirniminup stud.
"We're currently seeding wheat as out here we can get away with being pretty safe from frost," Warrick said.
"Not so much at the home farms south of Nyabing.
"It's going well, very well but probably we're forging ahead pretty quick."
Warrick said last year they worked on a similar timeline and had quality concerns, but come harvest time the gamble paid off.
"We had quite a bit of frost in some places and where some guys, who went late had quite a lot of screenings, we had good quality wheat," he said.
With 145mm of rain having fallen so far this year, most recently 8mm on the weekend, Warrick said it was an above-average start to the year and the plan was to finish seeding around May 20.
"We will probably pull up for a few days here east and then move back to the home farm and finish our knockdown," he said.
"We left a few paddocks for the sheep, so we'll finish spraying that and that's our last few paddocks to go in."
Canola is up and away after being sown by April 16 and while this is a good thing, according to Warrick, it could create timing problems with the spray program.
"Our biggest problem will be getting the timing right, which is an awesome problem to have but a bit of a worry," he said.
"April was ideal conditions for canola, it got in early and it cranked with it being a bit warm.
"I've never seen canola so advanced for this time of year actually."
He said he could remember one other time canola was doing so well so early where 11mm fell after it was sown on April 9 and harvest started on October 25.
"It's early, but we could be doing that again," he said.