THE 75 millimetres of rain that fell on Jeffrey Naumann's farm at Felton on the Darling Downs on the weekend may have been at the lower end of the register, but it was just what the doctor ordered for his October-sown crop of sorghum.
Mr Naumann said the sorghum had a tough time throughout its early growth stages with a long spell of dry conditions before a handy fall of 50mm of rain at Christmas.
"Then we had no rain after that and it was looking for moisture again before this latest rain," he said.
Mr Naumann said the crop was starting to turn and colour and would be ready for harvest around the first week of March.
"Considering the season and the heatwave we had it doesn't look too bad," he said.
"The rain won't improve the yield but it will stop the grain from pinching out."