The turnaround in season for some growers is hard to miss when you drive past a crop like sunflowers.
The bright yellow heads of Ausistripe 14 are out in force on Moreacres, Condamine Plains, transforming a landscape that was otherwise dry for all of last year.
Kent and Di Skene planted 110 hectares of the birdseed variety on January 29 with a full moisture profile, following 242 millimetres of rain in January.
"With the timing of the rain and the moisture we had, they were just an opportunity crop this year," Mr Skene said.
"We grew sunflowers because of the late conditions in hope they will be finished before the frost hits and because tap-rooted crops are better suited in this country."
With a strong start under their belt, Mr Skene said the crop was growing well and it would likely be harvested in the middle of May.
"I think I probably got every one up, and they've probably come up a little too thick to be honest, but they're nice and even," he said.
"They've got smaller heads on them but if I can get the heads to fill right to the centre, that would be a bonus.
"We had 96mm of rain for February but we've had stuff all since - two inches of rain would be good."
The timing of the rain also gave the Skenes the opportunity to plant 80ha of Pioneer P1467 corn.
"The weather conditions over the next few weeks will dictate if the corn will go to grain or whether it will be cut for silage for our feedlot," Mr Skene said.
"We haven't had a crop in the ground for 12 months so it's good to be able to drive around and actually look at something for a change."
This is a sentiment echoed by many says agronomist Belinda Chase, Dalby Rural Supplies.
"There's a bit of a dry patch north of Jondaryan where they didn't get enough to plant, but generally otherwise everyone did get under enough to plant," she said.
"Most people hadn't had a crop for a while so everyone has a bit of something in.
"I've got millet that's just been harvested, mungbeans that we started spraying out this week, late sorghum, a little bit of cotton, corn and sunflowers."
Heading into winter, she said some of the fallows weren't as full as some people had hoped.
"There's definitely moisture there - if we were to get a couple of inches in the next couple of weeks, there would be quite a lot of winter crop go in.
"There's a little bit that is currently being deep planted, but most guys are just hanging on for the next rain."