Stressful and exhausted farmers in the north of New South Wales (NSW) are asking the state government for assistance as they continue to suffer the impacts of the flood crisis. Dugald Saunders, the NSW minister for agriculture, said the state government had included fodder drops, vet assessments and disposal of dead stock in the list of priorities. During his speech at the NSW State Emergency Control Centre for the Department of Primary Industries on March 8, the minister said that flood-affected farmers could immediately get access to a support amount of $15,000 (US$10,900). However, there has been criticism that the NSW government’s efforts in organising support for impacted farmers were not effective enough. According to NSW Farmers Dairy Chair Colin Thompson, farmers in need of help only had limited resources available to them. “It’s now been more than a week, and these farmers are exhausted, and they’re just not seeing …