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Mid Canterbury farmers face dead stock & destroyed fencing
Colm McGrath • Jun 06, 2021
Severe flooding has destroyed kilometres of fences, ravaged winter feed and left stock dead in paddocks in Mid Canterbury.
A state of local emergency was declared for the whole of Canterbury following heavy rain described as a one in 100 year event.
Selwyn MP Nicola Grigg is asking the Government to declare an “adverse event” for the region and activate funding to support flood-affected farmers.
Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury president David Clark said the flooding was “much worse than the worst predictions”.
Hawke's Bay farmers are working to return the favour, offering supplementary stock feed to the flood-affected farmers in Canterbury,
Farming groups have set up advice and support for farmers facing shortages of stock feed as they head into winter.
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