More than 200 farmers registered with Rural Aid collected an allocation of hay on Tuesday and Wednesday, many of them noting it would help the dire situation greatly.

For some, the situation was worsened after bushfires hit their properties. For others, they were down to only about 20 head of cattle after having to cull the rest.

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"There's a lot of good people ... offering to help," Mr Wood said.

"This [hay] is great because I haven't got anything left to feed cattle; I haven't had anything for a long time.

"Thank you everybody for all the help. It's very hard and so many people want to help it makes me feel like crying happy tears."

Somerton's Jenny O'Sullivan has had farming running through her family's veins for more than 100 years, and has just made the decision to destock some of her herd.

"We're going to wean our calves off our cows to give our cows a chance, and this will come in most handy because we don't have any hay," Ms O'Sullivan said.

"This will let us ... put the calves in a small feedlot situation and the hay can help feed them, so it's marvellous."

Nundle farmer Gary Heggs said his cattle would be happy with a good feed, too.

"I've been carting water, and yesterday I took the water cart off and they heard the tractor and they were thinking they were going to get fed," he said.

"They won't miss out now."

Mr Heggs said he was very grateful to receive the aid, as he was unable to receive other government support.

"They reckon I've got too much off-farm income because I pick up part-pension, so I can't get any loan assistance through them to do any infrastructure - so this certainly does come in handy," Mr Heggs said.

"I'm on part-pension because my assets are too high to get a full pension, but unfortunately the assets aren't making any money."

Farmers who aren't registered with Rural Aid are urged to sign up now.

Rural Aid business development manager Craig Marsh said on Wednesday even if farmers didn't need help urgently, it was important to register sooner rather than later.

"If it gets to the point where they need aid, we can switch on things pretty quickly," Mr Marsh said.