Smiling like a cat on a wet tin roof
A FULL dam is enough to make any farmer smile, especially Chris Holt who is celebrating after recent rain ended five years of carting water.
Weather
Autumn springs to life, but not for all
SOUTHEAST Australian farmers are enjoying a late-autumn spring fling.
The Break turns 10
MENTION the Indian Ocean Dipole 10 years ago and chances are you may have got nothing more back than a blank stare.
Dairy dousing arrives just in time
TANGAMBALANGA dairy farmer Stephen Coulston measured more than 100mm of rain on Sunday and Monday.
Winter sowing outlook rosy
MICHAEL Mullane, of Breakoday, near Elmore, reckons he has had a near-perfect start to the winter cropping season.
Good rain brings floods and relief
SEASON-breaking rain has arrived as forecast.
Rain brings joy to outback towns
DRENCHING rain in drought-stricken outback Queensland will set up many towns for a bumper year, according to a regional mayor.
Widespread break to season
UPDATE: SEASON-breaking rain arrived as forecast on the weekend.
Much-needed rain arrives in NSW
FARMERS in drought-stricken parts of NSW are cheering after receiving much-needed widespread rain.
Rain, 113km/h wind lash Victoria
ANOTHER day of heavy rain may bring flash flooding to Victoria today, with damaging winds already buffeting parts of the state.
Welcome rain expected to fall
WIDESPREAD rain is tipped to bring the weather break to the season and the beginning of the end of the drought.
Trees downed in one fell swoop
WATCH VIDEO: FARMER Matt Cleve lost hundreds of old trees after winds tore through Lancefield, felling gums that he thinks could be up to 200 years old.
Soaking forecast this weekend
UPDATE: WEATHER forecasters are growing in confidence for a soaking this weekend across Victoria.
200 calls for help as Vic lashed by wind
THE SES has responded to 200 calls for help as Victoria is lashed by damaging winds.
Rain at last
NOT enough rain has fallen across Victoria today to be called the weather break, but it is a good start for some.
Little rain this weekend
SEVERAL cold fronts crossing Victoria later this week are unlikely to whet the appetite of farmers waiting for the autumn break.
Climate change fears worsen
THE impact of climate change on the weather in Victoria could be twice as bad as previously thought.
SA moths may be doing rain dance
NATURE is making its own weather forecasts in the parched South East of South Australia, where the so-called giant rain moth has arrived ahead of predicted falls.
Hopes high for rain
ALL eyes will turn to the skies above Victoria tomorrow in the hope of the weather break to the season.
Dusty wait for rain
OPTIMISTIC farmers are sowing seed into thousands of hectares of dusty soil in the hope the season will break soon.
Rain with follow-up needed
FARMER Brenton Cunning wants a good traditional break to arrive in the next two weeks to germinate seed planted in his dusty paddocks near Kerang.
More rain on way in north Queensland
NORTH Queensland is officially on La Nina watch after three consecutive years of failed wet seasons and crippling drought.
Reign of El Nino is over
DAVID Jochinke is not pinning all his hopes on the rainclouds blessing his family farm in the parched Victorian Wimmera this year.
Positive poll for rural confidence
THE year has got off to a positive start for Victorian farmers, with rural confidence rebounding in the state.
Weather eye for the west
EXCLUSIVE: WESTERN Victoria will have access to real-time weather information for the first time, with funds committed to fund a radar for the Wimmera.
Vic firefighters on alert
PARTS of Victoria will have their first severe bushfire danger day for the season as an early blast of summery heat bakes the state.
El Nino ‘starting to bite’
THIS weekend’s heatwave across southeast Australia is the first clear sign El Nino is “starting to bite”, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
Heat arrives in Victoria
A HEATWAVE with the potential to devastate crop yields has begun sweeping across southeast Australia.
Cruel blow for crops
FORECAST high temperatures this weekend could deliver a cruel season-ending blow to crops across parts of western and northern Victoria.
Pulford feeling heat
VICTORIAN Agriculture Minister Jaala Pulford is copping heat from farmers over a social media post celebrating forecast hot weather.
A frosty reception
IT’S going to be a long October for Victoria’s vignerons, who face an increased chance of frost because of El Nino.
Weekend sizzler on the way
CROP yields are expected to take a hit with the mercury forecast to nudge 40C in parts of southeast Australia this weekend.
Canola’s gold, but not glistening
ALAN Vallance has seen crops flourish or fail on the Bellarine Peninsula for 65 years and says this year’s remains on a knife edge.
Silage makers in heat of action
FARMERS throughout Victoria are looking for more follow-up rain after a warm start to spring
Teasing rain not enough
THE Bureau of Meteorology’s rain forecast of 25-50mm for Victoria failed to arrive on Wednesday.
Brace for fires
VICTORIAN authorities expect there will be at least 4500 grass and bush fires during the looming “above normal” season.
Here comes the rain
MUCH of western Victoria missed out on forecast totals from today’s much anticipated spring finishing rains.
‘Heartbeat rain’ in Wimmera
DAVID Jochinke describes the 10mm forecast to fall on his Wimmera farm today as a heartbeat rain.
Gippsland gets a soaking
UPDATE: MORE than 50mm of rain fell across areas of Gippsland yesterday, with more forecast today.
El Nino cycle not all doom
A STRONG El Nino weather pattern isn’t all doom for Australian farmers, according to climate experts.
Winter’s last gasp
THE season in parts of Victoria is on a knife edge, days from the spring finishing period for crops.
Winter rain the sealer
PARTS of Victoria and southern NSW could escape the looming El Nino relatively unscathed.
Up to 20mm tipped for Wimmera
PARTS of the Wimmera could receive up to 20mm this week as a predicted band of rain moves across Victoria.
New Leith at Boolite
TIMELY rain has helped sustain crops at Boolite, east of Warracknabeal, despite below-average rainfall this season.
Struggle after bumper year
AFTER a bumper crop last year some crops at Diggora, west of Rochester in Central Victoria, are looking their worst ever.
NAB tips bigger wheat crop
THE National Australia Bank has upgraded its national wheat crop estimate.
Victorian crops feel heat
A NEW wheat yield forecast shows Victoria is slipping behind other states, as growers wait for rain.
El Nino threat imminent
WEATHER experts say the feared El Nino will reveal itself across Victoria in just a few weeks.
Did it snow in Frankston?
UPDATE: THERE have been reports of falling snow in Frankston.
Roads, schools closed due to snow
UPDATED 8AM: TASMANIA Police have advised of multiple road closures and closed schools due to snow.
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