Rural Support Trust Bay of Plenty chairman Derek Spratt said the region was faring well climatically and "we're not as bad at this stage, as we were in 2013," leading into the drought.
Farmers were aware of El Nino predictions, he said, and had been encouraged to put plans in place.
No one had sought assistance from the trust in regards to the dry weather conditions although he had fielded a couple of calls from farmers regarding their financial situation.
"It's nothing serious, they just want reassurance that they are on the right track."
Federated Farmers Bay of Plenty provincial president Rick Powdrell who kept his own rainfall records on his farm at Te Puke said when you compared data "it doesn't paint a very good picture".
The region needed substantial rainfall as pasture growth had slowed, he said.
"We have had the odd bits of rain lately with 31mm this month but not in any quantity.
"We are 300mm short of the average this year and if you put that on top of 250mm shortfall last year it doesn't paint a very good picture."
Farmers may look to destock, buy in feed or go to once a day milking if the dry weather persisted, he said.
However, the weather could change dramatically in a short space of time and farmers were definitely weather watching.
New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Inc chairman Doug Brown said most growers were planning for a hot dry summer that could have positive and negative effects.
"A hot dry summer does tend to increase the dry matter so from that point of view it's good for growers but it may have some impact on the size of fruit."
Kiwifruit did a lot of sizing the first 60 days after flowering and the gold varieties were well through that growth period, he said.
However, because green kiwifruit typically flowered later it had only started that process. High dry matter in kiwifruit usually meant sweeter-tasting fruit.
Avoco director Alistair Young said avocado growers that had irrigation systems were using them but at "this stage there are no issues that I am aware of".
His orchard was at Katikati that had "some quite nice heavy rain in the last week but it depends on where you are".
Meanwhile the latest December Niwa Hotspot Watch report said parts of the Bay of Plenty were much drier to severely drier than normal soils for this time of year.
Forecast:
* Today 25C, overnight 16C, cloudy spells, afternoon and evening showers
* New Year's Eve 25C, overnight 16C, occasional showers easing, light winds
* New Year's Day 23C, overnight 17C, cloudy northeast breezes
- MetService
