However, seasonal conditions are starting to dry out fast.

After decent rain earlier this year there is still some moisture further down, in the profile, but many operators are hoping the heavens open soon to boost germination of early-sown canola.

At Marrar Ben Langtry, "Marrarvale," said he was about half way through sowing the winter crop and had nearly finished planting canola.

"There's good moisture in the areas where we have kept some stubble," he said.

However, he conceded the top was starting to dry out despite some really good rain events earlier this year.

"We would love any sort of rain pretty shortly, "he said.

Mr Langtry said there were still large amounts of mice about, and in a bid to protect valuable canola seed, baits had been put out.

"Canola seed is expensive, and it's hard to get hold of if we need to re-sow," he said.

All going well it is hoped the crops will be planted at his property by around May 15 to 18.

Some regions have reported temperatures of zero. And even frost events, however, this hasn't caused great concern yet.

"The temperature gauge said zero but it wasn't a genuine frost," he said.

Pete Durham of JGW, Wagga said it was all systems go in terms of winter sowing at the moment throughout the Riverina and southern NSW.

He said it people were sowing canola and there was already plenty of demand for machinery and sowing equipment to plant the crop next year.

"At this stage we are quoting people on (drilling and sowing) equipment for next year," he said.