recordings in both Sept and Aug. The hardest hit regions? Take your pick all regions are running up a 50 to 80mm deficit over the last three months, with Oct the direst month of the year.  GSR is 64mm below the norm (238mm). However YTD rainfall is +129mm, thanks to heavy rain in the first three months of 2012. There was some good rain through VIC last month, however what has been the theme of the last three months, all key regions still had below normal rain. Mallee 14mm (-15mm below median), Wimmera 17mm (-23mm), Loddon 20mm (-20mm) and Western District 40mm (-20mm). There was some highlights in the Mallee however, with some good yields expected to be coming from around Sea Lake  to Birchip. There was some frost concerns being flagged for cropping regions that feed into Lakaput ABA. On a state average since April, there has only been one month of above median rainfall (July). GSR is 70mm below the norm of 270mm. SA has experienced another bone dry month, all regions have registered double digit deficits. It was actually the driest month for a year and a half. The EP alone has registered four months in a row of decile 1 rainfall. So doesn't come as too much of a shock when yields are reportedly down 40 -- 70%. Over the last four months, growing regions are running at a 70mm deficit. In the WA grainbelt, Oct was the driest month (5mm vs 21mm mean) since Jan