A wetter than normal autumn and winter prevented Emerald Hill farmer, Wayne Carter, Glendon, from planting wheat, so he turned to sorghum to make the most of banked soil moisture on his farm.

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Sorghum isn't normally included in his rotation of cotton, wheat and mung beans, but the promise of a good spring and a great moisture profile changed his mind.

"As a rule, we don't plant sorghum . But this year, we took the option because we missed out on a wheat crop, which we normally plant after our cotton. It was just too wet.

"So we've just put it in as an opport

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