Australian Wheat Planting Begins
Farmers in Eastern Australia have begun planting winter wheat after most of South Australia, Victoria and southern New South Wales received decent rainfall totals in the last week of April.
After a week of near record cold temperatures southeastern Australia can expect milder weather to develop during the weekend, forecasters say.
On Friday morning temperatures plummeted as much as seven degrees below the May average in Victoria and NSW.
While the east of the country is rugged up in near freezing temperatures, the west coast is enjoying sunny and warm weather more typical of mid summer.
Perth is set to record at least six days in a row of plus 25 degree temperatures only weeks out from winter.
The spell could easily last until late next week which will be the longest stretch of plus 25 degree May days for Perth in at least 46 years.
This warm and dry pattern in Western Australia, which produces around 40-45% of the country's wheat, will keep farmers in the state sitting on their hands for a week or two yet. Many areas of the WA wheat belt had just 10mm or less rainfall during April.
After a week of near record cold temperatures southeastern Australia can expect milder weather to develop during the weekend, forecasters say.
On Friday morning temperatures plummeted as much as seven degrees below the May average in Victoria and NSW.
While the east of the country is rugged up in near freezing temperatures, the west coast is enjoying sunny and warm weather more typical of mid summer.
Perth is set to record at least six days in a row of plus 25 degree temperatures only weeks out from winter.
The spell could easily last until late next week which will be the longest stretch of plus 25 degree May days for Perth in at least 46 years.
This warm and dry pattern in Western Australia, which produces around 40-45% of the country's wheat, will keep farmers in the state sitting on their hands for a week or two yet. Many areas of the WA wheat belt had just 10mm or less rainfall during April.
