Advice to farmers includes calculating whether you have enough feed for your stock, killing or selling off stock early, maintaining bores and setting dates for action. He's a trustee of the Ruapehu/Wanganui Rural Support Trust, which will get a share of $160,000 announced by Government on December 23. The money will go to trusts supporting farmers afflicted by drought along the lower North Island's west coast. Trustees will meet in January to plan what action to take and ask for what money they need, Ruapehu/Wanganui Rural Support Trust co-ordinator Lyn Neeson said. Landowners who need help can ring the rural support trust on 0800 787 254, or visit www.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 30, 2017 01:52 UTC