State Parliament has passed a motion recognising "the hard work and dedication shown in farming communities across regional NSW during the drought".
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Nationals Cootamundra MP Steph Cooke, who put up the motion, thanked Wagga MP Joe McGirr for his support.
"I thank all of those farmers who have taken the time to reach out to me about their experiences and those who have made me welcome for a cup of tea and a chat about how they are faring," Ms Cooke said.
"I know that these are very difficult times.
Ms Cooke said that losing crops to the drought had been "a sad sight".
The motion also pledged that government financial and wellbeing support would "continue through the wetter winter months to ensure farmers continue to demonstrate they are the best in the world".
In an earlier debate on the motion, Dr McGirr said it was "important that we recognise the hard work and dedication of our farmers and our farming communities, particularly in this time of drought".
"My electorate perhaps has not been as badly affected by the drought to this point as other parts of the State have been, and I recognise that," he said.
"There is a genuine concern in my electorate that as summer approaches people will be facing some difficult circumstances."
Junee farmer Tony Clough said all help was welcome, but felt officials were looking in the wrong places to achieve it.
"Water is a major issue and [officials] have been fiddling around with it for years," he said.
"All this water is a natural resource, it comes out of the sky, out of the dams, out of the rivers, and now we've started trading, buying and selling water and it's wrong."
Mr Clough labelled water trading as 'ridiculous and so wrong', suggesting the problem could be fixed overnight.
"Buy back all the water they've sold off to big buyers and give it back to the farmers," he said. "Get it away from all these investors."