Mr Pratten, who services Narromine, Trangie and Warren with Muldoon Pratten Ag Consulting said the rain event in February had been the region's biggest falls since 2016.

At Trangie, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has recorded a total of 95.8 millimetres of rainfall during the first 20 days of February, a huge difference when compared to the month's total rainfall of 16.8mm in 2019.

"Confidence was pretty much rock bottom prior to this, so it's a definite improvement.," Mr Pratten said about the recent showers.

The local agronomist said while it was a "positive" start to the season, growers would now need to start conserving their soil moisture ahead of sowing season in autumn.

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He said there was now some moisture in the soil that gave producers a better chance of getting a crop in on time. For Mr Pratten this stored moisture could be important later in the season, for the crops to draw moisture.

"Some growers have still gone ahead planting the dual-purpose crops taking a little bit of risk, but for most what it means is that it's got good moisture now so that ... any rain we get in March [growers] will be able to get those dual-purpose crops in," he said.

Now, the local agronomist said average rainfall is needed to ensure a "pretty decent" crop this season.

"The job number one is to spray the weeds so that we can conserve the moisture that we've now got, and then we just hope for average rainfall," he said.

"Obviously above-average rainfall is always nice, but I think we would grow a good crop with average rainfall because a lot of the country is fairly fresh, having not grown much for the last couple of years."

Mr Pratten added the recent rainfall was beneficial to cotton growers in the region, who were at the end of their season.

"A lot of the cotton growers were running out of irrigation water, and this rain has allowed them to finish their cotton crops," he said.

While it's been a good start to the year, Mr Pratten said the drought hasn't broken just yet.

"This certainly won't break the drought, everything looks green and everyone's got a smile on their face, but if it doesn't rain much for the next three months, well we won't be much better off," he said.