knife edge for many

[malleefarmer]

Some wheat on shallow ground not enjoying current moisture stress

[sumdumguy]

Some wheat on shallow ground not enjoying current moisture stress
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We saw a lot of crops that looked like that this year. If it is hot and windy on top of the drought stress, it is a helpless feeling. Empty clouds like railcars roll by just as described in the dirty thirties.

[malleefarmer]

You guys may have seen articles about nsw dire situation which it is but one from the "the land" from a farmer at Cobar its basically grazing country and shouldn't be cropping out there but they do have a maybe 1 in 3 or 4 strike rate but often when they have a big year covers costs of previous losses but I wouldn't farm there.

The autralian crop will continue to get down graded slightly each week until harvest I would suggest a little at a time.

West Australia biggest wheat state was in real strife but has made a comeback of sorts will still be much below average but not perhaps the disaster that was looming 6 to 8 weeks ago.

Meanwhile the market is just bumbling along doing its own thing