![Geoff Green, “Wongajong”, Forbes, in 10 hectares of oats sown in early March. Geoff Green, “Wongajong”, Forbes, in 10 hectares of oats sown in early March.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-agfeed/2066333.jpg/r0_0_1024_683_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
FORBES farmer Geoff Green said this was the best autumn break he had ever seen.
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On the back of 57 millimetres last week, Geoff and his wife Margaret, "Wongajong", are preparing to sow 60 hectares of Wedgetail wheat.
Mr Green is pictured in a small paddock of oats sown early March.
"They jumped out of the ground in six days," he said.
"The soil moisture is exceptional, it was dry on top but we had good sub soil."
Neighbours in the region recorded up to 90mm last week - a break Mr Green said he had never seen in his lifetime of farming.
Heading into sowing, conditions were "absolutely ideal" in the Forbes area, he said.
About 150 hectares of TT canola and later wheat varieties Suntop and Livingston will be sown from late April.
"Anzac Day is the prime day to put in canola, and the rest of the wheat would go in ideally about May 18 or a bit later," he said.
Last year's harvest failed to finish with widespread frosting knocking back the yield.
With canola finishing around 1.6 tonne a hectare and wheat at 3.2t/ha, Mr Green has his fingers crossed for a bumper crop this year.
"They're saying the El Niño's coming in the spring but if we can hold the moisture it's looking good," he said.
"We're lucky because we have had good rain, we had 40mm prior to last week."
The Greens also runs 1200 crossbred ewes for prime lambs on the 1000ha property.
Despite the recent rainfall holding water is a concern.
"We desperately need run off now - everyone around here does," Mr Green said.