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A dry Horowhenua summer is forcing farmers to dig into winter supplies and buy supplementary feed for their animals. The region is now in a medium-scale.
While it’s an industry known for digging deep, the combination of inflation, the recession and severe weather is proving tougher than usual for Northland.
Drought relief is available to Northland farmers as the region is included in an expanded medium-scale adverse event classification, as the dry conditions.