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AHOY, IT’S PETER PAN: Cast from Peter Pan Junior are pictured at rehearsal for the Horsham Arts Council production. The young actors will bring the Disney classic to life at Wesley Performing Arts Centre this weekend and the following weekend. For more on the musical, page 11. The family-friendly production, directed by Larissa Riddell, includes a cast of 45 and crew of more than 20 youngsters. Picture: BELINDA ELLIOTT
Wet weather welcome BY DEAN LAWSON
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immera-Mallee farmers will look for more follow-up wet weather after drenching rain early this week provided critical moisture for newly-sown crops.
Victorian Farmers Federation vice-president David Jochinke said the widespread rain was ‘exactly what was needed’ with most broadacre farmers in the region having already planted
their crops in anticipation of a break in the weather. He said the rain would provide many farmers with renewed confidence, for the short term at least, but was quick to add that there was still a significant need for moisture to build up in the soil profile. “It’s been a timely, good soft rain, exactly what was needed and from all reports the Wimmera has done pretty well,” he said. “We were getting a little bit
nervous considering the lack of rain we’d had and we’re definitely looking to the skies for more. “At the moment it is still a hand-to-mouth circumstance and the more moisture we can get the better it will be come spring.”
Totals
Rain totals varied across the region but Horsham district farmers tipped about 14 millimetres from their gauges on
Monday night. Warracknabeal had 25mm, Stawell 20, Ararat 10 and Nhill 9. Mr Jochinke, who farms at Murra Warra north of Horsham and is also Wimmera Machinery Field Days president, said with the chances of another dry spring, perhaps as a result of an El Nino weather pattern, it was important to have as much moisture in the soil as possible to finish the crops. “If we can get more rain fronts like this one, that come
in and hang around, then the better it will be. You have to remember that when it comes to soil moisture we’re starting from scratch. We need everything we can get,” he said. Mr Jochinke said many farmers had taken a conservative cropping approach after experiencing disappointment last season when crop-finishing rain failed to arrive. “The hope for many is to be able to say they’ve had a solid average season,” he said.
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Most farmers working traditional broadacre cropping country have already sown their crops but some had been waiting for rain to sow peas and lentils. Forecasters are predicting more rain today and showers for the rest of the working week before a frosty break during the weekend. This week’s rain was associated with a low-pressure trough which has since moved into the Tasman Sea.