AUTUMN feels like it has not existed in large parts of the eastern states, with torrential rain falling until May, followed by cold snaps and frosts.
The weather has stalled a lot of agricultural activity in Southern Queensland and New South Wales, with hard to access paddocks making for late crop planting and slow cattle movement.
Elders’ Dubbo branch manager Martin Simmons said the logistical issues created by the wet were showing themselves in the weekly yardings.
“The yardings in Dubbo have been made up with mixed mobs of cattle, no big runs are coming through yet – that is…