Efficiently use water in the driest years

By Bob Freebairn
February 3 2020 - 5:00am
Despite the drought, stored soil moisture over summer, stubble retention, combined with light soil, allowed valuable grazing and fattening over an extended winter grazing period, as shown in this photo taken May 20, 2019.
Despite the drought, stored soil moisture over summer, stubble retention, combined with light soil, allowed valuable grazing and fattening over an extended winter grazing period, as shown in this photo taken May 20, 2019.

Like many areas in 2019, we received our lowest annual rainfall in nearly 140 years of official records.

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