Parched paddocks: How Canterbury farmers are adapting to the big dry
Sixth generation Banks Peninsula farmer Hamish Craw, of Ridgecliff farm, says he has never seen it this bad. ““In the 25 years I’ve farmed, this is by far the worst I’ve experienced. The risk is, we get a cold winter with minimal grass growth and we’ll struggle to feed stock to their potential.” “The dry” is a term normally associated with the arid landscape of Australia. Now it is being repeated through much of New Zealand’s east coast. Data from the eastern bays of Banks Peninsula recorded only 44mm of rain between January and March – the average for this period is 1...
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