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Yields for the 2020 arable harvest are up 16% across the board when compared to 2019, according to a new survey.

February milk production was flat and New Zealand dairy exports decreased by 6.1%, or 19,348 MT compared to the same month last year.

The drought is biting pretty hard in Northland now, says project manager Extension 350 (E350) Luke Beehre.

Farmers on the lower east coast of the North Island have welcomed heavy rains, which have fallen in the last week.

ANZ is warning that New Zealand will be unable to avoid the fallout from the COVID-19 crisis.

While the uncertainty caused by COVID-19 continues, ran has brought some drought relief over the past week, says ASB senior rural economist Nathan Penny.

Government support for farmers and growers affected by drought has been expanded and extended across the country.

A new research project will help inform vineyard recovery strategies following hail, after three separate events hit New Zealand vineyards last spring.

DairyNZ's Rob Brazendale says the drought situation is quite serious in some parts of the lower North Island area.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has got into the act over the drought by announcing a major new relief package in Northland.