Farmers are dismissing Government funding for mental health support as a drop in the bucket.

Part of the billion dollar cyclone relief package announced yesterday includes 35 million for the safety and wellbeing of farmers and growers.

Federated Farmers Hawke's Bay President Jim Galloway told Kate Hawkesby that it'll help a little.

But he says it won't go anywhere near what's needed to put fences in the ground, dig trees out of silt, or to fix tracks on farms.

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