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Rural Communities Minister Damien O’Connor will be visiting flood-stricken Southland today.

Farmers in Southland are sharing the effects of three days of heavy rain.

Significant rainfall battered parts of the South Island overnight, prompting some farmers to share videos on social media.

Southland farmers are creating unique community groups for town and country in response to escalating environmental rules.

A Northern Southland farmer had his actions described as “reckless” during a sentencing at the Invercargill District Court this morning.

The new Southern Dairy Hub in Invercargill will start milking cows next season.

Dairy farmers in Otago and Southland have taken a hit from unseasonal high winds that have demolished haybarns and generally disrupted their farming.

The Southland winter-spring, with prolonged incessant rain, cold wind and low sunshine hours, have depressed grass growth well below normal.

A cold wet winter and the low payout is a disaster for Southland dairy farmers, says DairyNZ.