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Favourable weather conditions and best management practices have lifted winter grazing standards in Southland this year, says Federated Farmers.

Southland is on the knife edge as farmers struggle to grow enough feed to get their stock through winter.

While Hawkes Bay and other parts of the country are suffering drought, Southland is facing different problems.

Southland is teetering on the edge of a bad situation, according to DairyNZ’s lead consulting officer in the South Island, Tony Finch.

Southland is teetering on the edge of a bad situation, according to DairyNZ’s lead consulting officer in the South Island, Tony Finch.

Barenbrug Agriseeds is inviting Southland farmers to get in quickly on a special rate for hybrid grass seed to help repair flood-damaged pastures.

Feed budgeting is the big issue for Southland farmers coming out of the early February floods, according to Ollie Knowles, DairyNZ regional leader for Southland and South Otago.

A school in Gore has lent a hand in the Southland clean-up effort.

The financial impact of the flooding which ripped through Southland in the first week of February is huge, says Southland Federated Farmers vice-president Bernadette Hunt.

Southland’s state of emergency has been extended.