Dry start looming despite wet front

By Vanessa Binks
April 19 2018 - 7:05am
READY TO GO: Hamley Bridge graingrower Alec Bowyer checked his soil moisture and was pleasantly surprised to find his soil was damp enough to finish sowing canola.
READY TO GO: Hamley Bridge graingrower Alec Bowyer checked his soil moisture and was pleasantly surprised to find his soil was damp enough to finish sowing canola.

THE weekend’s rain brought a slight sigh of relief for some farmers across the state, but those in the Riverland, Mallee, Upper Eyre Peninsula and Far West Coast areas missed out on the much-needed soil moisture, with rain gauges only filling to about two millimetres. 

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