Three-pronged initiative tackles frost

摘要

Frost has emerged as the biggest risk to Wickepin grower Shane Hill's cropping business in the past 10 years, with frost damage causing average annual yield losses of up to 25%.Shane and his wife Kerry farm 5500 hectares in the Western Australian grainbelt with Shane's brother Dean and his wife Karen. Their cropping program comprises 3500 hectares of wheat, 1 OOOha of canola, 400ha of lupins and 400ha of feed barley.