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Kelvin and Heather McKay say it was a natural progression for them to take out the 2015 West Coast/Top of the South Sharemilker/Equity Farmer of the Year title.

For the second year in a row the West Coast is drying out, causing a drop in the milk flow to Westland Milk Products.

THE COUNTRY's Second largest dairy processor has set a new record for milk collection.

CHANGING FARM jobs is usually no big deal other than meeting new bosses and learning how they farm. 

Westland Milk farmer shareholders will be watching their spending very closely after the co-op slashed 60c off its 2014-15 forecast payout.

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION company CRV Ambreed will donate semen products worth $27,750 to the West Coast Focus Farm Trust every year for the next three years.

The West Coast is today forwarding its request to the Ministry for Primary Industries for a medium scale adverse event declaration.

With the South Island's West Coast in the grip of drought, which is a highly unusual event, most farmers on the West Coast will have no idea how to cope with it or its aftermath.