For livestock in much of this southern wheatbelt country, with the weather still reasonably warm, grass is still growing.

So livestock rapidly losing condition should benefit, too.

With most of the big Australian winter crop already sown, this rain should help establish early growth and follow up reasonable rain in some parts of the wheatbelt about a two weeks ago.

Falls have ranged from 15-45mm for the past two days.

The rain has also boosted pastures and water supplies in south-east Queensland, and in coastal central Queensland as far north as Rockhampton.

The attached Bureau of Meteorology rain map of the eastern wheat belt, shows where the rain fell in the week to 9am Tuesday.

Colour zones are:

• Deep green, 25-50mm

• Light green, 15-25mm

• Yellow, 10-15mm

• Brown, 10mm or less.

Ongoing rains through the winter and into the spring will be needed in most areas to turn the huge winter grain crop planting into, hopefully, into a near-record Australian grain harvest.

WA, which has recorded reasonable falls earlier this winter, received up to 10mm in its wheatbelt over the past week.