Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 9:55 am
Flood-affected farmers in the South Island are being
encouraged to make use of livestock feed support services
funded by the Ministry for Primary Industries
(MPI).
Widespread flooding across the Canterbury, West
Coast, Tasman and Marlborough areas this winter has damaged
pasture and caused losses to supplementary feed.
Since
June, MPI has boosted feed support services and allocated
more than $4.7 million for recovery grants, technical advice
and wellbeing support.
“Several of these regions had
been battling long-term drought prior to the floods which
have put further pressure on feed supplies heading into
calving and lambing,” said MPI’s director of Rural
Press Release – Ministry For Primary Industries Flood-affected farmers in the South Island are being encouraged to make use of livestock feed support services funded by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). Widespread flooding across the Canterbury, West Coast, Tasman and Marlborough areas this winter …
Flood-affected farmers in the South Island are being encouraged to make use of livestock feed support services funded by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).
Widespread flooding across the Canterbury, West Coast, Tasman and Marlborough areas this winter has damaged pasture and caused losses to supplementary feed.
Since June, MPI has boosted feed support services and allocated more than $4.7 million for recovery grants, technical advice and wellbeing support.
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A culvert which was more than 200 metres from the river is now on the edge of the riverbank and the line where his fencing was is now in the middle of the newly-formed waterway. Environment Canterbury will not allow him to change the course of the river back the way it was without a Resource Consent, so he has paid for a bulldozer and spent a lot of time, with the help of friends, moving rocks to backfill and form a stop bank to protect the remaining part of his land. “It has probably cost about $12,000 so far,’’ Prattley said.
Press Release – Ministry For Primary Industries The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is encouraging all farmers and growers affected by flooding in Canterbury to apply for support from a new $4 million fund. Applications will open this week for the expanded Canterbury Flood Recovery Fund, …
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is encouraging all farmers and growers affected by flooding in Canterbury to apply for support from a new $4 million fund.
Applications will open this week for the expanded Canterbury Flood Recovery Fund, which was set up to support the region’s recovery from a one in 200-year rainfall event.
“This financial support will help flood-affected farmers and growers across Canterbury to get back on their feet as quickly as possible,” says MPI’s Deputy Director-General of Agriculture and Investment Services Karen Adair.