Farmers look skyward for possible rain

By Rachel Clarke
Updated April 30 2019 - 9:11am, first published 9:09am
This drone shot of Goomalling farmer Michael McGill's seeding program was taken by his son Ben McGill. So far they have seeded 300ha of canola, 200ha of lupins and have now moved onto barley. Ben said their property had missed out on most of the rain so far, with only 15mm recorded for the year.
This drone shot of Goomalling farmer Michael McGill's seeding program was taken by his son Ben McGill. So far they have seeded 300ha of canola, 200ha of lupins and have now moved onto barley. Ben said their property had missed out on most of the rain so far, with only 15mm recorded for the year.

THE possibility of weekend rain will see many farmers looking skywards as they ease slowly into their 2019 seeding programs.

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