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Federated Farmers adverse effects spokeswoman Katie Milne says she is amazed that Westpac economists believe the drought may have no effect on the economy because of rising dairy prices.

The West Coast is today forwarding its request to the Ministry for Primary Industries for a medium scale adverse event declaration.

With the South Island's West Coast in the grip of drought, which is a highly unusual event, most farmers on the West Coast will have no idea how to cope with it or its aftermath.

With Southland drenched and the West Coast battered by a second week of storms, Federated Farmers believes much of New Zealand's farmland has benefited from summer rain excepting Hawke's Bay and parts of Gisborne.

With local government spending up 119% in less than 10 years, Federated Farmers has called for local government to be refocused on local government.