Hunger files Arable farmer’ hard scrabble
almost 3 years in Wairarapa Times-Age
A summer of constant rain has dampened the yields of Wairarapa arable crops such as peas, cereals and corn. Although Ahiaruhe Farm’s Karen Williams is thankful to have been spared the floods that have washed out East Coast growers, the “constant, excessive rain” in the region has resulted in a season that’s “well below average”. […]