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Hawke s Bay farmer ready to repay feed favour if dry conditions worsen this summer
25 Feb, 2021 10:30 PM
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Bruce Goldstone on his Hawke s Bay farm. Photo / Supplied
The Country
A Hawke s Bay sheep and beef farmer is emphasising the importance of having a buffer of feed to get through tough seasons.
Bruce Goldstone farms 4000 breeding ewes, 1000 hoggets and 450 cattle on 1045 hectares at Putorino, north of Napier.
He started running short of feed for his livestock as a drought gripping the entire North Island early last year continued to worsen.
Goldstone turned to the national feed co-ordination service, funded by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), for help.
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