Varied flowering times help spread frost risk

By Vanessa Binks
April 21 2018 - 9:00am
DRY YEAR: Mintaro's Andrew Mitchell had one of his driest starts to a season up until the weekend, receiving only 70mm of rain in six months.
DRY YEAR: Mintaro's Andrew Mitchell had one of his driest starts to a season up until the weekend, receiving only 70mm of rain in six months.

After four generations of farming in a more than 600 millimetre rainfall area, the Mitchell family, Mintaro, have learned a few important strategies throughout the years to make sure they remain ahead of the unique challenges a wet, and frost prone landscape presents.

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