Tough year continues for grain growers

IT’S been a hard year for grain growing in Australia and the weekend just gone has made it a little harder for some areas in Western Australia.

Hail damage in the Messina family's canola crop in WA from the weekend. Picture courtesy Rod Messina.

12 November 2018
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The Messina family, who farm east of Geraldton, WA, had to battle fires lit by lightning strikes and then sit by helplessly as a hail storm wreaked havoc on canola and lupin crops.

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