Despite little to no rain falling across the state since January and a below median outlook for the next month from the Bureau of Meteorology, there has been a "bullish" start to seeding in SA.
Cleve Rural Traders agronomist Marty Lovegrove said although there had been no significant rain tallies this year, lentils in the region were almost all in the ground already, with growers also getting their canola crops in early.
"The consensus in our district is everyone's still quite bullish on the season," he said.
"I think most programs are around a quarter of the way through, but because of the weather that's been in gentleman hours and has actually been quite enjoyable sowing.
"There's not too much pressure at the moment, but seeding would definitely be more enjoyable if there was a forecast of rain to come."
Mr Lovegrove said his clients were more concerned with the date rather than the weather patterns when it came time to start their seeding programs.
"If I look at the last five years around April 20 onwards we've been seeding," he said.
"It just means that the spring rain becomes a bit more vital when there's not a lot of early rain.
"We're not panicked at this stage."
Rudall cropper Hayden Harris has already started his seeding program despite the dry weather, and says there is some moisture in soil profiles across the region held over from summer rains.
"There's some guys with a bit of moisture, but there's not a heap," he said.
"We haven't had any decent rain since summer I'd say.
"You just have to get going though,"
Mr Harris started his seeding operation on canola, with plans to seed wheat, barley, lentils and faba beans across about 4800 hectares.
While the farm averages about 350mm of rain per year, only about 25mm has fallen this year.
"Last year we got about 200mm for the whole year but still got a good crop off," he said.
"Anything's possible, you look at 2022 and that was a dry seeding but we ended up with the biggest yields on record.
"We get advice from our dad and he says the same thing - no two years are the same and you have to work with what you have."
While the BoM outlook is not very promising, Mr Harris said other weather outlets suggest rain may be on the way in the coming weeks.
"If we get even 10mm to start off I'll be happy," he said.
"There's talk we'll get rain from the start of next week which will be handy.
"It's only the start of May and there's a long season ahead."
At Clare, Ground Up Agronomy's Michelle Bammann said cropping programs had not changed, with larger operations well into seeding.
"We're just starting and not looking back and hoping the BoM is wrong again," she said.
"There have been more dry starts than wet starts in recent years, so it's not a surprise, the big difference this year though is that it's very, very dry.
"It's going to take quite a bit to get the soil wet and an even germination."
Ms Bammann said if all crops were sown dry, it would mean when a rain break arrived all crops would emerge at the same time and there'd be extra pressure to remove weeds.
"I want it to start raining soon and I don't want it to stop," she said.
"If we only got 10mm without another 10mm quickly after, the grain can't come up.
"There is a lot of risk to dry sowing, but we also can't wait until it breaks because it might get too wet to get the crop in."
Loxton agronomist Luke Bullock, Platinum Ag, said vetch was going in around the region in addition to some barley.
"We had that Easter rain, so there were some areas that got 50mm plus where others got maybe 10mm to 20mm," he said.
"The ones that do have the moisture are going along with their programs as usual, but some of the ones who didn't are pulling canola from the rotation and those guys will put barley or wheat in instead.
"The other side is that those guys who do have the moisture need follow up rains to keep the crops moving along, where the guys seeding dry aren't too worried at this stage."