A heavy downpour across southern Australia has coincided with the peak of the busy grain harvest season, throwing farmers’ plans into disarray.
They are facing lengthy delays as they wait for crops to dry out, and they’ll be hit with yield and quality downgrades when they do eventually get rolling again.
Ag consultant Chris Heinjus from Pinion Advisory said lentil prices had come down in South Australia as a result of the weather event.
“We haven’t seen any downgrading yet as a result of last week’s weather event, but this one that we are experiencing with the rain and hail and certainly a concern in those later harvesting areas.”
“Growers have a constant stream of varieties maturing … it just puts a bit of a gap in their production schedule,” Mr Noske said.
South Australian viticulturalist Sarah Bird said it would take a few weeks to understand the extent the weather event has had on the spread of downy mildew.
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A heavy downpour across southern Australia has coincided with the peak of the busy grain harvest season, throwing farmers’ plans into disarray.
They are facing lengthy delays as they wait for crops to dry out, and they’ll be hit with yield and quality downgrades when they do eventually get rolling again.
Ag consultant Chris Heinjus from Pinion Advisory said lentil prices had come down in South Australia as a result of the weather event.
“We haven’t seen any downgrading yet as a result of last week’s weather event, but this one that we are experiencing with the rain and hail and certainly a concern in those later harvesting areas.”
“Growers have a constant stream of varieties maturing … it just puts a bit of a gap in their production schedule,” Mr Noske said.
South Australian viticulturalist Sarah Bird said it would take a few weeks to understand the extent the weather event has had on the spread of downy mildew.
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