FARMERS in the Meander Valley are not doing it as tough as other parts of the state but they are starting to wonder about their security, according to the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association.
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TFGA president Wayne Johnston owns a property at Meander and said his farm was at least 75 per cent down on fodder than on previous years.
"In this area [Meander] it's not so bad, but in other parts of the state, there are definitely some hard cases out there."
Mr Johnston was launching the TFGA's online fodder register on Monday and said the state was in the grip of a fodder and feed shortage.
He said that shortage and the lack of rain were having a strong impact on farmers in the state.
"Behind us, this area is normally fully covered in hay, we are about 75 per cent down here on hay," he said.
In addition he said some of the farmers in the area were beginning to hold concerns about water security.
"In the foothills a lot of the smaller creeks are drying up rapidly so, therefore, a lot of people are wondering where they are going to get their water from," Mr Johnston said.
Pockets of farmland through the Meander Valley are crisscrossed with irrigation systems that paint paddocks with a splash of green among the majority of dry, yellow paddocks.
Mr Johnston said on his own property he had had to deal with other water problems after a bore on his property went dry.
"We had a bore go dry that supplies us with domestic water, so we've had to plug into our irrigation system just to supply soft water," he said.
"Certainly everyone is doing it tough," he said.
