Statistics confirm wet November
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Parts of the New South Wales central west region have just recorded their wettest November in years.
Coonamble had about 140 millimetres of rain - three times its November average.
Mudgee and Brewarrina received double their normal rainfall, while it snowed in parts of Orange and Oberon.
Daniel Hayes from the Bureau of Meteorology says it was a month of extremes.
"[There was] quite a bit of thunderstorm activity, some strong winds and a bit of hail about as well, having caused a bit of damage throughout the course of the month," he said.
But a Landmark agronomist at Coonamble, Andrew Shieb, says the rain did not come at the right time.
"You always don't wish for rain during harvest," he said.
"But a lot of the wheat has been downgraded to feed wheat or H9.
"The yields are still reasonable, but just the quality is not very good."
Mr Shieb says some farmers are now considering sowing a summer crop.
"A handful might have a go at mung beans," he said.
"But other than that [most farmers] will just conserve their moisture and use it next year, because there's going to be so much feed wheat available, there's no point in putting in the sorghum because the price will not be very good."
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