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With hay to be shipped to Horsham, Michael Weckert from Mundulla in South Australia is hoping for a window of clear skies during spring before the upcoming harvest.
He runs a mixed enterprise farm at Mundulla with his brother James, and their partners Beck and Tammy.
They are supported by two full-time workmen, Darryn Johnson and Sean Garrard, and part-time workman Norm Warken.
This season they have sown about 1600 hectares of lentils, beans, vetch, wheat, barley, hay oats, durum wheat and irrigated lucerne.
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About 400ha of hay was sown this year. Most of the hay harvested will be sold to Johnson Asahi at Horsham for export and the balance will be sold to the domestic market.
Mr Weckert said the season so far had been really good.
“We’re looking at good yields of everything,” he said.
“Spring is looking like it’s going to deliver.”
Mr Weckert was anticipating a wetter-than-normal spring, but was remaining optimistic.
“We don’t want rain when we cut the hay; that will be our hurdle,” he said.
“The hay market is strong, so at the end of the day there is a positive to it.”
Mr Weckert hopes to cut hay in the middle of October. At the moment, the hay crop has bulk and he is anticipating a high yield.
“The disease level is pretty low in the leaf,” he said.
But again, this is dependent on the rain.
– ANTHONY CAGGIANO
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