00:02It's been a patchy start to the growing season for many in WA's grain belt.
00:08I don't mind a bit of mud out the front of the fertiliser shed this time of year.
00:11But rain since Anzac Day has helped kick start the season.
00:16Not a bad little start so far really.
00:18The weather coming down from the north west has been a blessing.
00:24At Lake Grace it's a race to get canola in the ground before it gets too wet for the machines.
00:31It's good to smell the rain and the moisture in the air and everything.
00:38But with diesel doubling in price and uncertainty over future fertiliser supplies,
00:44many farm budgets have been rewritten since the start of the Middle East war.
00:49It's been a big worry this year. It's probably the riskiest season that I've probably ever had to plan.
00:57As the prices keep going up, the risk keeps going up.
01:00And this is why you're talking to a lot of people at the moment.
01:02They'll say this is the most risky crop they've put in for a long time.
01:05Not just because of supply but because all the cost of putting the crop in just keeps escalating.
01:09In response, growers have adjusted what they're planting to minimise their costs.
01:14The numbers look pretty good on canola this year.
01:18So we've managed to get our full thousand hectares of canola that was planned.
01:23We've managed to get that in now.
01:25And listening to this rain on the roof now, really really relieving.
01:29So any rain on top of it really does save us.
01:32Hopefully the rain will continue a bit more frequently and everything.
01:35And yeah, hopefully we'll get to see a bit of more growth.
01:41All eyes on the sky and the Strait of Hormuz.
01:46Well, the rain on earth.
01:46You can leave the flowers there.
01:47Or please gather an DIcasue.
01:47And if it's the rain on earth.
01:50Yachtas are forbidden to do afterwards.
01:50To send out the symbolism and praise click on the third floor of me.
01:51I'll try to give it to Dr. Tim.
01:51I'll witness a request.
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