Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle cost sheep and beef farmers in the Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Tararua and Wairarapa regions between $336 million and $385m, according to a report from Beef and Lamb New Zealand. B+LNZ said the Gisborne-East Coast component of that sum would be in the range of $112m to $128m. The storm systems cost farmers in Northland region between $12m and $16m and $18-21m in Waikato-Bay of Plenty-Coromandel. Beef + Lamb NZ (B+LNZ) has worked with a range of groups to calculate the direct on-farm impact on farmers from the weather events.

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