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Flooding is affecting over 100 dairy farms in Southland and South Otago, says DairyNZ.

Turnips are a brassica root crop commonly used as a fast-maturing single-graze crop to bridge a summer feed gap and maintain milk production.

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.

Northland farmer Scott Taylor says rain is urgently needed in parts of Northland to snap the long run of hot and dry days.

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

Dry weather in some parts of the country is beginning to affect milk production, says Fonterra.

The Government is giving $12.7 million to make Northland more resilient in the face of extreme weather.

With many regions experiencing increasingly dry weather, DairyNZ has put together some tips for farmers on managing challenging conditions.

Farmers are counting the cost after a violent storm which cut transport links on both sides of the South Island and looks likely to disrupt West Coast milk collection for weeks.