Rice yielding great results in Ayr

By Matt Sherrington
Updated January 27 2016 - 2:50pm, first published January 16 2016 - 10:00am
Ayr-based farmer Frank Pirrone and son Jaycob stand in the 19 hectare rice paddy that they harvested in December with great success. The crop yielded 10.3t/ha dry which was sold to SunRice for $420/t.
Ayr-based farmer Frank Pirrone and son Jaycob stand in the 19 hectare rice paddy that they harvested in December with great success. The crop yielded 10.3t/ha dry which was sold to SunRice for $420/t.

Diversification is the name of the game for second generation Ayr-based farmer Frank Pirrone who has experienced great success with his first rice crop on-property.

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