By Douglas Holtz-Eakin
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Dairy farmer John Rose has sent more than 100 of his cows to the slaughterhouse over recent weeks as a severe drought browned pastures in New Zealand's normally verdant North Island.
New Zealand has officially declared its most widespread drought in at least 30 years.
Dairy farmer John Rose has sent more than 100 of his cows to the slaughterhouse over recent weeks as a severe drought browned pastures in New Zealand's normally verdant North Island.
The Obama administration Wednesday pledged new measures to better secure the global trade and transportation systems against terrorism, crime and natural disasters.

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"We try and make sure they've got water and shade during the day and do the best we can for them," he said. "It's very hard to remember when the last rainfall was."
"We try and make sure they've got water and shade during the day and do the best we can for them," he said. "It's very hard to remember when the last rain fall was."