Humans and animals alike have been enjoying recent rainfall, particularly Oakleigh Pasture Pork's pigs.
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The Gunnedah free-range pig farm is greener than it has been in three and a half years after receiving more than 100mm in the past two months.
Oakleigh Pasture Pork owner Jack Hewitt said both him and his pigs have been enjoying the wet weather.
"You can just see their spirits lift, just like the people ... it just made a big difference all-round," Mr Hewitt said.
"It's flooded all this grass country here which means we will have green grass for three months regardless of what happens."
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Mr Hewitt said the happier pigs would also mean good things for his business too.
"It washed all the dust off them and when it stopped raining the first thing they did was roll in the mud so how good's that," he said.
"They've been on the same feed regime all the way through so we've still been producing a quality product but now it'll just be that little bit better, getting the benefit of the grass.
"It'll continue to provide a happier life for them because it's all about the pigs and exhibiting their natural pig behaviour of playing with grass and digging in the mud and dirt."
The pig farmer said the rain would also provide a "massive benefit" to other farmers in the area too.
"Everyone will have subsoil moisture to put in oat crops [and] it'll set them up for their wheat crops later on," he said.
"Already we've got a sheep pick where the sheep can have a feed, cattle are only another week away from getting their tongue around the grass, and we've still got enough of a summer growing season.
"We're in the best district for growth ... and this is the peak time for it: mid-February."
The one thing Mr Hewitt is hoping for now is the rain to keep going to "hopefully" end the drought.
"Hopefully by the end of the year there'll be a bit of a crop somewhere and the feed prices will come down and we can all sort of make a bit of money again," he said.
"That's the key to it."