IF you could order rain, this is how you would do it, says one Millewa farmer as a wet May capped off record year-to-date rainfall.

Wargan grain grower James O'Day said it was a "novelty" to receive healthy rainfall as he recorded between 40 and 50mm in May and 177mm this year at his Merrinee North property.

It has been a wet start to the year for the north-west as almost 200mm fell at Werrimull...