But with up to 60 millimetres forecast for the Riverina this week that notion might change.

Winter crops are already suffering from water logging and livestock producers have battled the logistics of not being able to access ramps and yards to get stock to market. 

Constant rain allowed Wagga to record it’s wettest winter in 25 years and now the weather is continuing into early spring.

FarmLink chief executive officer Cindy Cassidy said if the region receives the volume of rain forecast this week it would be more than most people want or need. She said crops at the Temora Ag Innovation Centre had been affected by water logging for the past two months.

“Every small shower results in runoff,” she said. 

“We are planning for the highest amount and hoping for the lowest.” 

The forecast rain also coincides with one of the biggest agricultural open days on the calendar in southern NSW.

FarmLink will go ahead with the annual open day at Temora on Friday regardless of the weather. “Ordinarily this would have been a field-based event … but we can hold the program indoors,” she said. 

Up to 250 people are expected to attend the event – which will focus on productivity within the cropping and livestock sectors – and organisers have attracted a strong cast of speakers and presenters. 

“I think this is a great way to spend a wet day, we have some of the best researchers from around the country coming,” Mrs Cassidy said.