Many farmers are facing big losses this season, leaving some to consider whether to cut their crops for hay instead.
Rick Plant says his crops are in desperate need of rain. Grain crops are failing in parts of the country due to dry weather and severe frosts.
"Our crop canopies aren't very big this year so the frost has plenty of opportunity to get in among it, and the consecutive days do have a cumulative effect," he said. "But this year is the direct opposite of that, given we're all heading to the bottom of the barrel of moisture reserves, so these plants are already moisture-stressed and thus have very little potential for recovery."Rick Plant, who farms at Cocamba in Victoria's Mallee, said his region was in desperate need of rain.
But in some areas, crops are so poor that farmers can't justify the cost of cutting them for hay, nor do they want to leave the paddocks bare and run the risk of wind erosion over summer.
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