Covid-19 has hit the farming community in an unexpected way: it is drying up the supply of farm vehicles such as quad bikes.
That is because factories that assemble them in the United States have had their production disrupted by the virus April.
Even where a factory has continued assembling the vehicles, vital spare parts have often been held up when the coronavirus has hit outsourced supply companies, meaning the final product cannot be completed because one vital component is missing.
"Sometimes, we are a month behind waiting for the stock to come in," said dealer Blair Howden of Winton Motorcycles in Southland.
