Wet spring cuts impacts on dairy farm production
NEW ZEALAND - An extremely wet spring has forced some dairy farmers on the South Island's West Coast to drop to once-a-day milking.Milk production has dropped after what had been an excellent start to the season.
Tararua production also down
Heavy rain in the lower North Island over the weekend compounded a loss of production for dairy farmers in the Tararua district.
The region's Dairy Farmers chairman, Alan Billington, says a lack of sunshine and more spring rain than usual means that pastures lack essential clover.
Source: radionz.co.nz