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Wellington farmers Brian and Fletcher Giddings are battling drought

Updated August 18 2019 - 11:48am, first published August 16 2019 - 4:00pm
THE BIG DRY: The Gidding's drought-stricken farm at Wellington. Fletcher Giddings,8, on the quad bike (top right) and his father Brian Giddings helping a cow (bottom right).
THE BIG DRY: The Gidding's drought-stricken farm at Wellington. Fletcher Giddings,8, on the quad bike (top right) and his father Brian Giddings helping a cow (bottom right).

It has been 18 months since The Mercury began The Big Dry campaign to raise awareness about the plight of drought-stricken farming families and sadly not a lot has changed. In most cases the situation has become even worse.

BELINDA-JANE DAVIS spoke to Wellington livestock farmer Brian Giddings to find out how the worst drought on record was taking a toll on his family farm.

When the last of Brian Giddings' sheep were loaded onto a truck this week he was devastated.

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