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Drought classification welcome news for Marlborough farmers
Federated Farmers Marlborough Province is welcoming the March 14 classification of drought conditions across the top of the South Island as a medium-scale adverse event. “It’s a huge relief for local farmers that the Government have recognised the severity of the drought,” says the province’s Federated Farmers president Evan White. The Tasman and Nelson districts are also covered by the adverse event classification. “Even just having recognition of how extreme things have been will go some way to boosting morale – particularly in areas where they’ve been hit the hardest, like south of Blenheim.” Conditions are incredibly dry. Blenheim…
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