RAIN storms reached most corners of station and pastoral country across SA during the latter half of last week.
Graziers welcomed the downpour with glee, saying heavy falls had topped up dams, taken pressure of watering points and would help feed flourish heading into the summer months.
The Newton family run 4000 wethers at Mount Ive Station, about 250 kilometres west of Port Augusta, and run their breeders at Mount Wedge.
The station received up to 40 millimetres of rain across Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday last week, with Aaron Newton saying while it was a shame it hadn't come earlier it would still help "massively".
"We had some green grass just hanging on so the rain should kick it all off again and set us up until shearing at least, which is in late February," he said.
"We won't have to move any sheep until then and it will refresh paddocks we've been resting.
"It's good timing becuase you've got warm soil and longer days and if you can get moisture everything will grow super fast.
"It has also topped off a few dams and taken a lot of pressure off our watering points.
"Even just with puddles in the hills, the sheep will spread out and move away from the troughs which they've been getting closer and closer to."
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It was a case of taking the good with the bad for the Finlay family at Argadells Station, 26 kilometres north of Quorn.
The family run about 2000 sheep across properties north and south of Quorn and crop on some of the southern country.
While the 70mm to 80mm of rain that fell was welcomed on their station country, it wasn't as welcomed south of Quorn where they have just started harvest.
"It was much needed up at Argadells," Tanya Finlay said.
"We'll take any rain we can get and it should help heading into summer."
Also welcoming rain at Wintinna Station, 75km south of Marla, were Jake and Francesca Fennel.
Mrs Fennel said falls were varied across the station, with 52mm recorded at their homestead, 14mm in another area and 84mm elsewhere.
"The creeks are running, which is great to see," she said.
"I don't think we've had a quick rainfall like that since about 2017. We've had rain, but nothing quick or substantial enough to fill dams."
The Fennels run a beef cattle herd and Mrs Fennel said the rain would help feed growth enormously.
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The new owners of Moolooloo Station, Reece and Tarina Warren, had more than 40mm at the Blinman property.
The Warrens also have cropping country on the Yorke Peninsula and are down their harvesting, but Mrs Warren said they were fortunate to not be held up.
The last two months have been favourable at Moolooloo, where the Warrens run sheep.
"Conditions weren't too bad (at Moolooloo) because we had nearly two inches (50mm) in October," Mrs Warren said.
"September was quite dry and feed was starting to drop off, but that October rain and this latest rain has been fabulous and will get us through summer."
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