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All Southland plus Otago’s Queenstown Lakes, Central Otago and Clutha districts are now declared officially in drought.

Westland says damage caused by ex-Tropical Cyclone Fehi has halted production at its Hokitika plant.

The Environment Southland flood warning system has been activated.

Australian dairy farmers can now add breeding to their ways of helping cows handle the heat.

A weather snapshot across the country shows ‘variable’ as the only word to describe weather and pasture conditions, says Andrew Reid, DairyNZ general manager extension.

Dry conditions in the early part of summer are suppressing milk production and squeezing dairy prices higher, says BNZ senior economist research Doug Steel.

With New Zealand experiencing record-breaking heatwaves this summer, AgResearch scientists say farmed animals can be susceptible and the pressure is on farmers to manage it.

We are already in a La Nina, say weather experts.

It's been a wet year alright: MetService is already describing 2017 as “the year it didn’t stop raining” with Waikato rainfall at record levels for January to September.

Floods in April and continuing rain are costing some Bay of Plenty farmers up to $700 per cow to repair damage and buy extra feed.