date:Jul 12, 2013
eralised in the soil Mr Lewis says because of this, many early sown crops are starting to show signs of nitrogen deficiency, especially on light sandy soils.
But the dry spell has also lowered the weed, disease and pest profile across the state. For weeds, some of the crops were sown dry in April before the rains came, and they've established quickly.
A lot of the farmers have used a herbicide to control the weeds in those particular crops.
So we shouldn't really see significant problems wi