The recent downpour of rain has been a God-send for dairy farmers across drought stricken NSW.
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Fourth generation dairy farmer Greg Schofield of Schofield Holsteins knows only too well what the drought and recent rainfall means for the dairy industry.
"The rain has put a positive impact on the industry, we're starting to see a change," he said.
"We can grow our own feed, we're slowly getting less reliant on brought in feed which means even though we aren't getting paid enough for our milk, some of our inputs are slowly converting.
"We're busy sowing new grass so we will have that for the cows to eat off in about eight weeks time with some follow up rain.
"That's a real positive thing that the rain has done. It's taken off a lot of stress to find fodder and feed for the cows.
The 2019 drought meant that Gary had to constantly source products from Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia to help feed his cattle.
"There was less litres of milk per cow plus all products were brought in," said Greg.
"It was quite a stressful time just trying to find things. The day to to day activities were still the same even though we didn't have any grass but we had to put my time in to feeding the cows."
Despite all the hardships, Gary believes that the future is looks bright.
"I always think the future is quite bright but we just need to get more for our product to move forward. We try our hardest to have a good product for consumers."
According to Dairy Australia's March situation and outlook, rainfall in many regions has helped offset the impact of dry conditions.
Industry insights and analysis manager for Dairy Australia, John Droppert, said many farmers have been able to capitalise on favourable weather conditions.
However supply and demand of dairy products is yet to be materially impacted by COVID-19.
"[Bulk buying] dairy products hasn't touched the dairy industry," Gary said.
