Rain rescues emerging crops

Vanessa Binks
June 17 2021 - 10:36am
BARLEY AWAY: Condowie mixed farmer Ashley Hentschke in a barley crop that was sown on May 19. Mr Hentschke dry-sowed the majority of his cropping program.
BARLEY AWAY: Condowie mixed farmer Ashley Hentschke in a barley crop that was sown on May 19. Mr Hentschke dry-sowed the majority of his cropping program.

CROP and pasture growth came to a halt earlier this month, after a late start to the season and low temperatures put pressure on crop emergence.

Vanessa Binks

Vanessa Binks

Markets Editor/Journalist

I am the Markets Editor and journalist at the Stock Journal. I am based at Nuriootpa in SA's lower north.

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