Challenges and penalties or great summer feed

Pennie Scott
Updated December 21 2016 - 10:31am, first published December 20 2016 - 4:30pm
Wheat crops in the Harden area have shot and sprung due to last week's rain falls of as much as 40 millimetres.
Wheat crops in the Harden area have shot and sprung due to last week's rain falls of as much as 40 millimetres.

Depending on where you are and your on-farm activities, recent rain was either a blessing or a curse. Delta Ag agronomist Elissa Strong, Wagga Wagga, has reported wheat crops around Harden have shot and sprung as a result of between 27 and 40 millimetres of rain last week.

Pennie Scott

Pennie Scott

Senior Journalist

I am an independent scholar with interests and expertise in regenerative agriculture, equity and justice for farmers, functioning healthy landscapes and the culture in agri-culture. My aim is to inform holistically and honestly to ensure readers have access to what they need, now.

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