Farmers across southern New South Wales are assessing the damage to their canola and hay crops after an unseasonably late frost in mid-September. The frost has decimated some crops, with one farmer reporting complete crop failure.
Ariah Park farmer Terry Walker with his frost-damaged canola crop.Much of the southern New South Wales cropping belt was hit by unseasonably late frosts last month.What's next?abc.net.au/news/nsw-rural-farmers-assess-frost-damaged-crops-canola-hay/104421164This year's canola crop had promised to be Terry Walker's best in 40 years of farming in southern New South Wales, but an unseasonably late frost means he will be lucky to harvest anything at all.
However, he said rainfall of between 15 to 40 millimetres in the last week would help dry crops and compensate for the damage caused by the sub-zero temperatures. "They're not going to get the same return in terms of yield … but they're still going to make money and clear all their input costs."Mr Walker has already cut the worst affected paddocks of canola for hay but is hoping that 20mm of rain will mean that he can harvest a small amount of oilseed from other areas.
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