Sheep eat grain on a drought-affected paddock on a property located on the outskirts of Tamworth, located in the north-west of New South Wales in Australia, June 2, 2018. Picture taken June 2, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Relieved farmers in Australia's export-focused west are celebrating good rainfall at the end of the winter wheat-planting window, although conditions remain parched in the eastern states.
The rain has provided relief to some parts of the country after difficult conditions threatened to cut crop yields for a second successive season in the world's fourth-largest wheat exporter.
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