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.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is helping drought and flood-affected farmers in Canterbury to find alternative grazing for their livestock. Widespread flooding caused by an historic one in 200-year rainfall event caused significant .