Kangaroo Island croppers, like the rest of the state, are waiting for rain and the season to break.
Despite rain not falling by Anzac Day on Kangaroo Island, the Bellevista Farms operation has begun seeding.
Others on the Island are waiting, some burning off stubble in anticipation.
Meanwhile, pastures to the south of the Island and on the western end have already begun greening up from some sporadic rains.
Rodney Bell from Bellevista said his operation had begun seeding in paddocks where there was still good subsoil moisture from earlier summer falls.
Bellevista planned on sowing more canola this year due its rotation schedule, but that crop was also fetching a healthy price of around $700 a tonne.
The price of barley on the other hand, according to Kangaroo Island Pure Grain site manager Dennis Jamieson, had fallen to around $200 a tonne on export market jitters.
Kangaroo Island canola, and other grains, also fetch a premium, as the Island is the only GM-free zone in SA.
At the recent Kangaroo Island Council meeting, T-Ports stated that the Island's grain producers might be interested in the Kingscote export option being proposed for timber products.
But local grain producer Rodney Bell said KIPG was all about exporting to niche markets such as Japan and Allied Mills in container size loads and not bulk carriers.
Much of the grain also stays on Island for stock feed.
The latest state government 'Crop and Pasture Report' shows the $2.5-billion farmgate value from last year 2020-21 was only second to the 2010-11 $2.7b record value crop.
KI itself experienced a record year last year, producing estimates in excess of 45,000 tonnes.
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