Displaying items by tag: Drought
Trees and drought slow spread
Top dressing today is pretty much at the same level as it was pre-Covid, according to the Agricultural Aviation Association (AAA).
Feed plan and drought strategy to get through winter
Drought hit Mike and Peter Connor’s farms badly and this year their hill properties are parched again.
Struggling through another drought
Green tinge masks true impact of Hawke's Bay dry
Managing ewes when covers are low
The dry in some regions of New Zealand has resulted in sheep farmers wondering how they will get through the coming winter and the impacts this may have one the number and weight of lambs weaned. Massey University's Professor Paul Kenyon looks into the issue.
Editorial: Reach out!
OPINION:As the dry begins to really bite around different regions of the country, farmers really need to take action to mitigate its affect - both on their livestock and themselves - especially heading into winter.
Stock cut as dry bites
Hamish Craw's farm on the rugged north-east slopes of Banks Peninsula normally carries 3,500 stock units, but it is now down to fewer than 2,000 as the district’s worst drought in decades continues to bite.
Farmers urged to act
As the autumn dry begins to really bite along most of the South Island’s east coast, farmers are being urged to act now to mitigate the impacts heading into winter.
Marlborough burns
Seddon farmer and Marlborough drought committee member Warwick Lissaman says total destocking and going fishing may seem like the best option for some of Marlborough’s drought-hit farmers.
Hawke's Bay struggles with drought
“It's just a bitch.” That’s how one farmer in Hawke’s Bay summed up the drought that is affecting much of the region.