Callen Thompson, with the Central West Local Land Services, said some areas to the east, including Coonabarabran and Wellington, had isolated storms, with good follow up.

"Unfortunately the storms have been hit and miss with some properties getting good rain while their neighbours have missed out altogether," he added.

"The current rainfall event is just moving in and the forecasts look good for widespread rain for the next few days. We won't know how good a change this is until the rain falls in the gauge."

The Central West LLS mixed farming officer said the soil profile is extremely dry due to the long-term drought.

"One or two rainfall events will not break the drought, we need a change in season to recharge soils and waterways," Mr Thompson said.

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According to the Bureau of Meteorology, a total of 33.6 millimetres of rain has fallen over the first six days of February in Dubbo.

In the same period, just 16mm of rain fell in Wellington and the Trangie Agricultural Research Centre recorded 14.4mm.

He said the rain will be helpful to producers who received rain previously and managed to sow forage crops

"We are in a transition period in the season, where it is too late to sow summer crops, but too early for winter crops," Mr Thompson explained.

"This rain will hopefully help to put water in the soil that can be stored for winter crops. Producers should ensure they control weeds in fallows early to ensure they do not use up stored moisture."

Mr Thompson said while runoff rain will help fill dams, producers need to be mindful that organic matter, nutrients and faeces may be washed into dams causing animal health issues.

"If the rain is heavy over a short period of time, less water will move into the soil and more will run off. This will limit pasture growth and may cause erosion, especially if there is low ground cover," he added.

"Grazing paddocks too early will reduce the pastures ability to grow as well as having a negative effect on livestock performance. It is important to keep feeding/supplementing until there is enough dry matter in the pasture to maintain livestock."