With 5,000 tonnes of grain expected to be harvested, Frankland River farmer Grant Bernhardt is all smiles after his first year of farming in Western Australia.
Grant Bernhardt is expecting a record first year farming in Frankland River.abc.net.au/news/grain-harvest-frankland-river-farm-expects-record-wa/101838458Harvesting grain through February is taking the notion of a late harvest to a new level, but this first-time WA farmer is happy to suck it up for his "unbelievable" crops.He expects to harvest 5,000 tonnes of grainGrant Bernhardt started farming in Frankland River, north west of Albany, in December 2021.
Mr Bernhardt has a 25-year-long farming background in South Australia, hailing from the Clare Valley. Seasonal conditions have caused most of WA's grain harvest delays, but Mr Bernhardt also sowed his crop late. "[We're] in a unique situation … we have sown that little bit later, and now we're in that in that zone …where crops are bang on, the timing's perfect."
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