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Last summer’s drought was among the worst to hit the Hawke’s Bay region in recent history. (File photo) In a normal season, when it got dry we would be able to sell store cattle at the saleyards, but we had to carry an extra 50 to 60 steers through. If not for friends and baleage supplied through the Government-funded feed co-ordination service, Goldstone’s farm “would have been in serious trouble”. The service helps connect farmers who are short of feed with available sources of supplement, such as silage and hay. In Goldstone’s case, he was able to source 100 round bales of grass silage from the Waikato and the South Island.