After more than a week of heavy rain coupled with heavy snow, the region's ground has been left sodden, causing muddy paddocks.
The wider Lawrence area had had heavy snow, which remained for several days, cutting off higher areas and causing treacherous conditions for motorists and farmers.
Geoff Blackmore, who runs sheep and cattle at Evans Flat near Lawrence, said a ''really good thaw'' on Sunday night got rid of most of the snow but left paddocks wet and muddy.
Some of his stock was on grass but that was under pressure. The rest were on swede and rape crops.
A dry summer meant that crops had not grown as well as in previous years, he said.
Stirling dairy farmer Hamish Anderson said he could not remember his farm being this wet in June for many years.
Crops had not developed well, meaning there was less winter feed available.
Droughts in the North Island earlier in the year meant some supplementary feed had been transported there, Mr Anderson said.
Otago Federated Farmers president Stephen Korteweg said the land was drying off ''quite nicely'' and most farmers were prepared for heavy rain at this time of year.
''Farmers are doing the best they can to reduce effects of mud,'' he said.
Farmers had been running stock off to a standing area to allow land to dry, Mr Korteweg said.
Most stock are on crops or supplementary feed.
Now was the time to assess levels of supplementary feed, and ensure they had enough to get them through the winter, he said.
