Last week Tararua dairy farmers faced a double whammy with the big wet and news that the Environment Court was insisting Horizons Regional Council tighten its implementation of the One Plan.
Jamie Smith, Fonterra's area manager for Tararua, told the Dannevirke News that farmers were well prepared for the heavy rainfall but were thankful the weather across the district wasn't as bad as had been expected.
"There were a number of very wet farms across the district, in particular around the Woodville area, but luckily the rivers went down very quickly on Wednesday night, therefore none burst their banks," he said.
"A number of farmers had already moved stock to higher ground as a precaution.
"However, there is still a lot of surface water around and the prediction of more rain this week will not help the situation."