Farmers can't catch a break in Bay of Plenty.

It's the region's worst maize harvest in decades with around 60 percent of crops wiped out due to the weather.

But is it all doom and gloom?

Bay of Plenty Federated Farmers provincial president Brent Mountford joined Kate Hawkesby to discuss.

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Farmers can't catch a break in Bay of Plenty.
It's the region's worst maize harvest in decades with around 60 percent of crops wiped out due to the weather.
But is it all doom and gloom?
Bay of Plenty Federated Farmers provincial president Brent Mountford joined Kate Hawkesby to discuss.
LISTEN ABOVE

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