(Source: GRDC - Grains Research and Development Corporation) Farming in the low rainfall zone of north-western Victoria means Matt Curtis needs to make every drop of rain count. That is why for the past four years, he has opted to early-sow some of his 3000-hectare property to EGA Wedgetail wheat. Matt, who farms at Wargan in the Millewa region, has noticed a pattern of shifting rainfall out of the traditional growing season and into summer. Historically, his district's average annual rainfall is about 250 millimetres with about 150mm in the growing season. Matt fell short of that total in 2014 but...
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