Parts of the Riverina have already seen a year's worth of rainfall or more in less than six months, with most receiving between 100 and 300 millimetres.
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Bureau of Meteorology figures showed the rainfall has been far from even, with Hay seeing around 40 per cent of annual rainfall at the halfway point of the year.
Areas north of Wagga such as West Wyalong had received 125 per cent of their annual mean rainfall by the end of May.
Barmedman merino sheep, cattle and winter cropping farmer Lisa Minogue said the higher rainfall had been welcome for a region that was battling the mouse plague.
"We are certainly well above average. In the rainfall event at the end of March we had eight inches, which certainly in one respect helped the mice situation out in the paddock as they were underwater," she said.
"They relocated themselves to my house, which wasn't pleasant.
"For us personally it made sowing a bit challenging but we were fortunate that we had a relatively dry April, which certainly helped getting our sowing under way and completed."
Mrs Minogue said damage to fodder from mice around Barmedman had put farmers behind where they wanted to be despite the rain.
Farmers in the western Riverina have taken heart from the rain this month following rainfall down to 40 per cent of the average.
Bert Matthews, who has a merino sheep and beef cattle farm southeast of Hay, said the area's prospects were looking pretty good after a few months with no rain.
"The fact that we had to wait through March, April and May and not have anything was the worrying thing, and it's a bit late in the season to get a break, but the response on our land has been pretty good," he said.
"The forecast at the moment is that we are under the influence of the Indian Ocean Dipole, so if we can get enough rain between April and September, we can have a pretty good year.
"Germination has been great but we are probably understocked compared to most of the district and anyone who was fully stocked would still be struggling with the lack of nutrition in the pasture."
West Wyalong usually records an annual mean rainfall of 445.9 millimetres but had recorded 500mm by the end of June, even after zero rainfall in April.
NSW Farmers Wagga branch president Alan Brown said the region had received excellent rain and around West Wyalong it had been spectacular.
"It was dry south and west of Wagga up until a month or so ago, which was a serious setback for crops but they appear to be recovering nicely," Mr Brown said.
"Anywhere from Wagga east has had an absolute golden run and we hope it continues. It's early days but we appear to be getting a classic winter rainfall."
Mr Brown said areas west of Wagga had seen deficient rainfall up until a month ago.
"I hope it hasn't set the crops back too much," he said.
Booligal cattle and sheep grazier Bill Sheaffe said he had been fortunate to see 70 millimetres in May after zero in April and 19mm in March.
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