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Northland dairy farmers are still “amazingly upbeat” despite the drought declaration, says Northland Rural Support Trust secretary/coordinator Julie Jonkers.

Farmers need to stay positive; dealing with drought is part of the challenge of farming, particularly in Northland, says Okaihau dairy farmer Roger Hutchings.

Northland knows about summer dry and even drought, but this one could be a “bit of a doozy”, says Gareth Baynham, an AgFirst Northland farm consultant.

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has today officially classified the drought conditions in Northland as being a medium-scale adverse event.

Northland and some upper regions of Waikato are highest on the radar for concern about summer dry, says Andrew Reid, DairyNZ’s general manager, extension.

Some North Canterbury farmers are daring to hope the worst of the region’s record-breaking drought is over.

Irish scientists are working on breeding grasses and cereal crops able to better handle wet conditions.

With climate change will come more extremes of weather. That could well mean more sustained periods of drought in some of our major grape growing regions, especially Marlborough.

The 'medium scale' drought gripping the east coast of the South Island is now officially the longest on record, and this classification is now extended to the end of the year.

A farmer hit for two years by drought says farm management software from Farm IQ is helping him make timely decisions and get better results.