Croppers in the region from Wedderburn to north of Birchip have recorded almost zero yield, with most abandoning harvest, as the 2014 grains harvest season winds up.

Birchip Cropping Group operations manager Cameron Taylor said it had been one of the worst seasons on record for the region.

"We just didn't have any rain, it's as simple as that," he said.

Farmers have already looked to lock in other forms of income to try and rescue the difficult season.

Reasonable sheep and wool prices have encouraged a large number to increase their stocking rate.

Others have also looked to contract themselves out to other farmers working through their harvests.

Mr Taylor said farmers could not even fall back on hay as a way to supplement their income.

"The prices are so bad for hay at the moment that it's not an option," he said.

"Some might have got two to four bags together, but nothing major at all."

From July to November, the region centering on Birchip received almost no rainfall. On Saturday night, up to 15 millimetres fell on the town, with more recorded in the surrounding districts.

Mr Taylor said, if anything, the rainfall would be a negative for farmers in the region. He said increased rainfall now would lead to early germination of weeds, adding more costs for struggling farmers.

Wedderburn branch of the Victorian Farmers Federation president Graham Nesbit said farmers faced having to cart water to their properties for the next four months.

"I'm just drawing up my own plans to begin carting in water," he said.

"It can be a truckload a day for four months. A lot of farmers around here have already started carting in water."

While the Birchip, Beulah, Wedderburn and Wycheproof districts struggled, cropping regions towards Swan Hill had almost reached average yields for wheat and barley for 2014.

Almost all regions had struggled with canola.

Harvest was continuing closer to Horsham and across to Rupanyup, where wheat and barley yields were half of the average.

The southern parts of the region, near St Arnaud, had experienced a reasonable season.

Birchip was by far the worst though, Mr Taylor said.