Country Today - October 22nd

We sort of intend to go in the next probably 10 days' time.

We should be right to go by then.

The weather forecast, they've got it wrong all year, so why worry about them?

Okay.

Well, if we do take a look at the forecast, it says you are expecting a little bit over the weekend.

Will this interfere with anything?

I don't think so.

It'll dry out fairly quickly.

The ground is now dried out after three inches of rain in the last six weeks, so the crop won't be affected too much provided.

The biggest risk at this point in time is hailstorms or wind damage blowing crops over.

But as I said, the Weather Bureau have got a completely Guaranteed, it's supposed to be an El Nino year and this would be one of my better farming years in my lifetime.

Wow, okay.

Well, tell us a little bit more about that, if it's been one of the best seasons to date?

It has been.

It's not been too wet, not too dry.

We missed the frost, good temperatures through the winter.

Season's turned out reasonably good.

So how are things looking visually?

They're looking very good.

Most crops are still standing up.

There's a few been blown over with the last lot of rain, but not too much.

And the rest of the crops are all pretty good.

Some people have started to spray out barley crops to spray top them and start a bit earlier on their barley.

But that's about where it is at this time of the year.

There's a huge higher risk with roadside growth and that sort of thing.