The Professional Countrywoman Garden Blog: Coping with Drought

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Tuesday 20 January 2015

Coping with Drought

As much of the East Coastof NZ has been experiencing very dry conditions I thought this story on Radio NZ National was a good one. It's not very long but worth a listen. He is going to be doing a road show throughout NZ starting in Balclutha on 14 Feb 2015 so once I find out about that I will post that link as well.

http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/20164300/drought-conditions-in-canterbury

Originally aired on Nine To Noon, Wednesday 21 January 2015

Canterbury farmers are urging the government to declare a drought, and want to be able to take water from Lake Tekapo. A South Island Farmer who has changed his practices to withstand continuing droughts says farmers need to adapt to climate change, and more irrigation is not the answer. Doug Avery of Grassmere, in Marlborough, says droughts nearly ruined him, but he changed the way he farms and managed to improve profitability on his farm despite 12 years of below average rainfall.

1 comment:

The Professional Countrywoman said...: Just got hold of Doug and he said they will be Oamaru in 19 March. http://www.resilientfarmer.co.nz/; 22 January 2015 at 21:58