Lamb deaths likely after cold and rainMARY-JO TOHILL/STUFF Low temperatures and freezing rain has been hard on new lambs. Freezing rain is expected to take a toll on newborn lamb deaths with lambing in full swing on the hill country,Federated Farmers Manawatū/Rangitīkei president Richard Morrison said farmers had endured a shocking spell of weather. READ MORE: Lamb deaths outweighed by reviving newborns from their cold stateMany farmers in hill country properties were lambing, he said. WARWICK SMITH/STUFF Manawatū/Rangitīkei Federated Farmers president, Richard Morrison is concerned about new lambs. "I am in the middle of lambing and the bad weather will have an impact on lamb survival rates."

Source: Stuff September 10, 2017 23:37 UTC