Farmers and growers in the South Island are facing losses of thousands of dollars after a record-breaking wet November.
Some areas have seen up to four times the normal amount of rainfall with the impact expected to be felt for some time.
Dairy farmer, James Aitken says his farm is a shadow of its former self and won't be cheap to rectify.
"It's going to cost tens of thousands if not up near the hundred thousand dollars," he says.
Many of his cows are now battling illnesses like mastitis as they have no dry patches of land to lie on.
The weather has improved in some parts of the region but the damage is likely to be felt for a long time to come.
The rain has also affected businesses like Dale Jordan's hydroponic lettuce farm, not because of the downpours, but because people simply don’t want to purchase summer foods.
Mr Jordan says the cooler and wetter weather has not made for salad-eating conditions and it's meant he and his wife have had to ditch a massive amount of stock.
As for when the weather is going to improve, it's hoped December will shine a bit brighter.
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