{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_dcp6otbg6kyxxoomgcfq","title":"Saturated soil and short on feed: Support offered to Southland farmers facing relentless rain","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/saturated-soil-and-short-on-feed-support-offered-to-southland-farmers-dcp6otbg6k","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_dcp6otbg6kyxxoomgcfq","seq":1034754,"kind":"article","title":"Saturated soil and short on feed: Support offered to Southland farmers facing relentless rain","url":"https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/361090053/saturated-soil-and-short-feed-support-offered-southland-farmers-facing-relentless-rain","summary":"Relentless wet and cold weather is taking a heavy toll on farming communities across Southland and parts of Otago, prompting the government and rural leaders to offer support and urge locals to look out for one another.","published":"2026-10-01T01:29:01Z","seen":"2026-10-01T02:09:58Z","lang":"en","country":"NZ","source":{"id":"kite-thepress-co-nz-ecc5d5","name":"thepress.co.nz","domain":"thepress.co.nz"},"via":"kite-thepress-co-nz-ecc5d5","authors":["Andy Brew"],"entities":[{"id":"Q1156746","name":"Southland","type":"place"},{"id":"Q664","name":"New Zealand","type":"place"}],"image":"https://www.thepress.co.nz/media/images/9Tzi8ywRz924XE3uHaD6DZ3Ef+IdbOiYlvIROR5vlqUSeZYZbm+SU0zjMnNqDfql8Yk4r+Ht43oxrl86VwI5IF7k1TZFVP%2FGWCLS2aI+JHEkelxKqDsq5WoGpKUt1luPfADxQySuOvNdKAyscaG6cLwjkPLAtYu4Hw4d4qCud%2FBAAcHeAouqR2j1NNmL8gFeG+ZqJsRmujaufdBRccVoRXWaIpE0a6oX3gZxpZkB42g=?resolution=1240x700","story":"st_dcp6otbg6kyxxoomgcfq","category":"environment","category_p":0.23000000417232513,"category2":"disaster-accident","sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.46000000834465027,"political":0.05000000074505806}]}