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Some farmers question plans that could reduce stock numbers and limit fertiliser use, but environmentalists say there is a “cow-shaped hole” in a new climate report.
Damaging floods in Ashburton have sparked calls for urgency around a second bridge by the district's rural leaders, with the town's sole overpass at risk.
Martin Van Beynen and Charlie Gates06:23, Jun 03 2021
STACY SQUIRES
Chris Allen has farmed in Ashburton for 27 years. But he says he has never seen anything like the events of the last few days.
Farmer Darryl Butterick has lost five of his sire stags but his neighbour s cows were the top of his many worries as he surveyed flood damage to his beef, deer and sheep farm in Greenstreet, about 20 minutes inland from Ashburton. The one-year-old heifers from the neighbouring farm of Paul Adams had been swept onto his property by flood waters, and began to appear as the water continued to recede.