This is about 65 kms away we are crook but not this bad can link it if ya want.
Farmer and agronomist Lou Flohr watched as temperatures plummeted to minus 5 degrees Celsius at her Lameroo property in late spring, decimating her crop overnight.
She said the spell of frost ([url]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-18/failing-crops-frost-drought-mallee-grain-farmers-hay-rainfall/104358994[/url]) impacted about 80 per cent of her operation in the Murray Mallee region, forcing her to cut her losses and use what was left for hay.
Lameroo farmer Lou Flohr says more than 80 per cent of her crop was affected by frost. (ABC News: Carl Saville)
"We delivered 200 tonnes to the silo system, but last year we delivered 5,000, so that's an indication of the productivity we've had this year," Ms Flohr said.
The Mallee region that Ms Flohr farms in is already a low rainfall area, and growers were expecting a below-average year as drought conditions began to set in.
"But the frost certainly dampened it even further and made us pivot a lot with how we ended up finishing the season," she said.
​
Farmer and agronomist Lou Flohr watched as temperatures plummeted to minus 5 degrees Celsius at her Lameroo property in late spring, decimating her crop overnight.
She said the spell of frost ([url]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-18/failing-crops-frost-drought-mallee-grain-farmers-hay-rainfall/104358994[/url]) impacted about 80 per cent of her operation in the Murray Mallee region, forcing her to cut her losses and use what was left for hay.
"We delivered 200 tonnes to the silo system, but last year we delivered 5,000, so that's an indication of the productivity we've had this year," Ms Flohr said.
The Mallee region that Ms Flohr farms in is already a low rainfall area, and growers were expecting a below-average year as drought conditions began to set in.
"But the frost certainly dampened it even further and made us pivot a lot with how we ended up finishing the season," she said.
​
Comment