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Keep an eye on winter grazing practices
Farmers are taking steps to improve wintering systems despite the challenges of COVID-19 restrictions and weather events.
Has the rain helped?
In the past few weeks, rain has fallen in many parts of the country with grass starting to grow again.
B+LNZ launches winter grazing campaign
Northland farmers count the costs
Northland farmers are starting to count the cost of one of the most severe droughts to hit the region as the cost of feed and lower prices for stock are the order of the day.
Animal health problems loom
Animal health and welfare issues are likely to emerge soon as Hawkes Bay farmers try to cope with the effects of what is believed to be the worst drought in the history of the region.
Saving livestock and lives
With $1 million now behind them, Hawkes Bay Rural Advisory Group is working to get as many farmers and livestock through winter as possible.
Drought bigger challenge than COVID-19
The lasting effects of the drought are seen by Rural Contractors NZ board members as a bigger challenge for contractors and farmers than COVID-19.
Hawke’s Bay’s ‘worst ever’ drought?
Farmers in Hawkes Bay are facing a desperate situation with no relief in sight from the disastrous drought gripping the region.
Farmers queue up for drought advice
The Ministry for Primary Industries says, in the space of a week, it’s had over 120 applications for assistance from the special drought recovery fund.
Farm therapy lifts pasture cover
Six months after implementing a groundbreaking new farming system, Alan Law’s Whakatane dairy farm is an oasis of green among drought-stricken neighbouring farms.