WHILE harvest has finished for many parts of the state, for South East mixed farmer David Malpas it is just about to begin.
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Mr Malpas will start reaping this week, after enjoying very good seasonable conditions.
Much of the South East has been struggling with low rainfall but Mr Malpas has been fortunate that his farm south of Lucindale managed to jag timely rainfall throughout the growing season.
“We received 40 millimetres of rain to start off the season, and we’ve had regular falls since,” he said.
“We’ve just been in a lucky strip this year.”
Mr Malpas said while he had not had massive falls during the growing season, they had been fairly constant.
It will be an early start to harvest for Mr Malpas, who usually doesn’t get underway until after Christmas.
His cropping program consists of wheat, barley and beans.
Grange is the main barley sown, while Espada is the major wheat grown.
Mr Malpas also has some Trojan wheat in for seed this year.
He has been happy with how Trojan has looked all season, and expects it will be his major variety going forward.
