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Grain growers worried about wet weather

Grain growers worried about wet weather

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Some South Australian grain growers say they're concerned about crops that have been sitting under water due to heavy rain.

Patches on the Eyre Peninsula have had as much rain this season as they ever have, and some of it has been pooling in paddocks and leaving grain crops under water.

Andrew Ware, a South Australian Research Development Institute research scientist says it can be hard to determine how long crops can survive underwater.

"The different soil types react differently, and the way the plant can recover, it depends on how big the plant is and how well established the roots are.

"It's just a waiting game at the moment, farmers can see that their crops are really struggling in places, but there's not a lot they can effectively do.

"It's just a matter of sitting and waiting."

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