Unexpected rainfall in recent months hasn't dampened the market conditions for regional cropping, in a season that's looking promising according to agronomists.

Heavy rains across the Western Plains in the last six weeks, while not expected, will be positive for farmers across the region.

Bourke reported 10 millimetres of rain in June and 51mm in July (thus far), with 41.6mm reported on July 8 and the most recent rain falling last weekend. The Walgett region has recorded 26.4 mm to July 28 this month, with 37.4mm recorded in June. Of that figure 33.8mm of rain fell on June 1.

Bourke cotton grower, Tony Thompson said harvest was already complete when the rains came through. "We can't get on the paddocks if it's too wet, and there may have been issues with later harvests in some districts but generally we were fine," he said.

At Walgett, the excess rains caused some issues according to Outlook Ag agronomist, Greg Rummery.

"As far as cropping is going now, things are in good shape," Mr Rummery said. "It got a bit wet in June, there's no doubt about that, particularly in areas to the East of Walgett, Burren Junction, Pilliga and east of Coonamble. There was water logging and poor crop establishment in places but on the whole, the rain was more beneficial than it was damaging. Local crop conditions are good to excellent in most areas."

All important subsoil moisture, which helps keep the crop hydrated also varies across the Western Plains. Mr Rummery said the driest months locally are April and September.

"Currently soil moisture would be okay in the main Walgett area and Coonamble would be good to excellent as far as that moisture holding ability," he said. "Short fallow areas will require rain in the spring to come home strongly. Some areas are shaping up to have a great crop with the absence of any further rain, but obviously, further spring rain will just continue to boost things," Mr Rummery said.

"In the last stretch, we've had a bit of sunshine. We have had frost in the morning, followed by nice sunny days. That's typical of what we normally expect, and everything looks rosy. The three weeks prior to that, couldn't hardly get a sunny day; miserable, cloudy, wet, drizzly, everything that we typically don't get on average we got."

While crops are benefiting from the run of frosty mornings and sunny days, Mr Rummery said that ultimately a couple of good rainfalls around late winter through spring would be ideal. But, despite that, he said that on the whole, crops looked vastly better to last year.

"We basically didn't have a season last year. We didn't get a crop in the ground. We had plenty of moisture in the ground coming out the back of '22 but we just couldn't get a planting date. At a district level, this is a tremendous year, it's probably like a one in five or one in 10 years. Last year, we just didn't get a start. Hopefully the good conditions continue. There's still a few hurdles to get through yet but at the moment it's looking ok."