A wet growing season has meant many growers were met with high yields and large volumes.

Murra Warra farmer and Victorian Farmers Federation president David Jochinke said he was still harvesting.

“I have three paddocks to go – a bad paddock of frosted wheat, another of frosted barley and sunflower,” he said.

“This has been the harvest that keeps going.

“I’ve had numerous breakdowns and poor quality has knocked things around.

“There is still a few people still stripping, but most people have finished.”

Mr Jochinke said yields had been good overall.

“We didn’t know extent of frosting in some paddocks until we got into them,” he said.

“Cereals were knock around with tonnages, but legumes and some patches of canola that flowered later gave full benefits.

“Some early flowering crops were hit with frost. 

“Overall, the yields were good, but prices let us down.”

Pimpinio farmer Tracey Beddison said the header was now back in the shed.

She said overall good spring rain led to phenomenal crop growth.

“Chickpeas in particular were waist high, something we have never witnessed before,” she said.

“We did experience some crop loss in lentils due to the wet, but this was negligible

“Barley and wheat crops looked fantastic, however some yield potential was lost due to frost damage.”

Callawadda farmer Michael Dignan said it had been a terrific year for himself and many farmers in the area. 

“It has generally been a very strong year on the farms, the yields have been just exceptional,” he said. 

“The amount of hay and grain has increased tremendously and been one of the biggest years farmers have seen. 

“The dams are full and hay sheds are full of hay bales.” 

Mr Dignan said the price of wheat had soured an extraordinary year. 

“The saddest part has been the wheat prices, we have gotten less for wheat now than 1980,” he said. 

“Some farmers have been hurting from the drought and thought this year would be an opportunity to recover financially but it has not been the case for some.”