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Canterbury farming sector booming, but many not benefiting

Canterbury farming sector booming, but many not benefitingNuevo3 min

There's plenty of cash flowing through the Canterbury Plains, thanks to high farm prices and Fonterra's sale of its Mainland brands. But the farming sector still only employs a small minority in the region and plenty of other people aren't enjoying the benefits of the boom. In the fourth of a six-part series called Backroads to the Beehive, South Island Correspondent Tim Brown heads out on the plains.