Call for action on Southland duck crisis

Call for action on Southland duck crisis

Reading Time: 3 minutes As if Southland farmers haven’t had a tough enough year, they’re now dealing with a plague of ducks hammering their winter crops.  Wyndham sheep and beef farmer Ben Dooley says he’s been seeing up to a couple of thousand Mallards at a time on his 250ha farm this summer.  “The constant rain and flooding last year were incredibly challenging for farmers down here, but they also created perfect spring breeding conditions for…