Weather.com - 3/15/13, Nick Perry
A sign warns about the risk of fire on Thursday, March 14, 2013, near Carterton, New Zealand. A drought in New Zealand's North Island is costing farmers millions of dollars each day and is beginning to take a toll on the country's economy. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)
CARTERTON, New Zealand -- Dairy farmer John Rose has sent more than 100 of his cows to the slaughterhouse over recent weeks as a severe drought browned pastures in New Zealand's normally verdant North Island. He had to thin his herd so the remaining 550 cows have enough to eat, and he's supplementing their diet with ground palm kernel as the grass in his fields withers.
For more info on the drought click: New Zealand
