NZ hill country farmers expect big stock losses from cold snap
NEW ZEALAND - Some hill country farmers expect severe stock losses as a cold snap continues over the central North Island.
6 October 2006
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Steve Kellegher who runs a farm on the Napier-Taihape Highway, has about 46,000 ewes and is just over halfway through lambing.
He says easing conditions, forecast for Friday night, do not hold much comfort.
Most escaped worst - Most farmers in the central North Island say they have escaped the worst effects of the cold snap because lambing is almost over.
Source: radionz.co.nz
