Federated Farmers is urging farmers to ready themselves for another dry summer, and keep an eye on weather records.

The Feds latest Farming Review points to the summers of 1975/76 and 1988/89, which had similar La Nina patterns, and advises farmers to check their farm weather records for those years.

President Don Nicolson says most farmers are well prepared, as drought becomes more and more common.

“It’s a very tacit reminder that things do go in these cycles. The Southern Oscillation Index, the La Niña phase, all that sort of stuff. It’s definitely right that farmers are making themselves more aware and preparing for the next month or two.”