Farmers in New Zealand are facing feed shortages, the concerns about this are in part due to this time of year which is traditionally the hottest. Ruth Rainey former Federated Farmers president, and spokeswoman for the trust, said "I have spoken to some of you plus MAF's Phil Journeaux and at this stage have decided just to leave our letter of request for drought declaration on the MAF table but not to write a further letter endorsing it." Read more ...
