Riverina farmer Jason Schilg has a smile almost as wide as the fields of gold he overlooks at the family's property, Hill and Dale, at Walla.
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"Everything is looking good; in fact it's looking fantastic," he said.
"It's almost too good to be true."
Mr Schilg was able to sow 500 hectares of canola, 1500 hectares of wheat, 300 hectares of barley, and 60 hectares of both lupins and oats after a very exciting early break in March.
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"I can only remember an early break like this once when I was younger," he said.
"They don't come along too often that's for sure."
Across NSW and North East Victoria, the season is shaping up to be an absolute cracker - and many producers, from from wheat to wine growers, have a bit of a spring in their step after the crippling effects of drought and COVID-19.
Mr Schilg, who was able to sow grazing crops in early March, said he had his canola sown before Anzac Day into excellent moisture.
"It's the perfect season so far," he said.
"Now all we need is good spring rain - and no frost."
Mr Schilg, who also runs 240 Angus cows, said he'd recently been out to Hay and all the crops along the way were also looking great.
"You could count on one hand the number of bad crops," he said.
Dams across the district are starting to fill up but there still hasn't been a lot of run-off, according to Mr Schilg.
In the meantime he is busily preparing his header and machinery to head north in mid-October to begin harvest up there - the first time in three years he's made the trip due to the ongoing drought conditions experienced by farmers in northern NSW and Queensland.
Hopes are buoyant for a good season.
"It's more than a little overdue," he laughed
