THERE is a saying that the difference between a good farmer and a bad farmer is about one week.

I cannot be in the good farmer category as, very embarrassingly, we still have a couple of paddocks to sow – ouch.

In my defence, I am somewhat new to this irrigated cropping caper.

Last year, in our first season I was lulled into a false sense of security.

It rained the day after we finished so...