"YOU go through good times, you go through bad times and the drought is just a bitter mark in time."

Techniques helping Millewa and Carwarp farmers beat the dry Gus Whyte, of Wyndham Station north of Wentworth, says the drought farmers are currently facing is "worse than the early 2000s".

The fourth-generation farmer, his wife Kelly and son Mitchell are working with about 20 per cent of thei...