Staff from Komatsu in Mudgee volunteered their time for four days this week on 15 properties across the Wellington, Nyngan, and Geurie areas, servicing more than 60 machines.

All work, parts and materials were donated by Komatsu, Fleetguard, Exide, Castrol and Pirtek Mudgee.

The Komatsu team serviced all farm machinery, regardless of make, with oil changes and filter changes.

Wellington farmer, Tony Inder hosted the taskforce at his property during day two of the operation and described their help as "absolutely brilliant."

"There's lots of people who have donated money to different causes to do with the drought which is absolutely fantastic, but to actually have some companies come on board, come out and be part of it and be as good as these fella's are, is really, really good," he explained.

"It's really getting to the core of the problem."

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Mr Inder said it was hard to get jobs like farm machinery maintenance done while in the grip of a drought.

"You put it off and put it off. You avoid it because it's a bit of an expense, thinking 'it'll be right until next time' sort of thing, but it needs to be done," he said.

Mr Inder spoke for all farmers receiving help when he said they're just so appreciative.

"I'm speechless it's absolutely brilliant. Full credit to everyone, it's a huge thing," he added.

While farmers across the region were doing it tough, the ongoing dry conditions has had a flow on effect to rural families and local businesses, Mr Inder said.

"They (businesses) miss out on a lot of funding that's around and they're the ones (that are also struggling), because we (farmers) are not buying stuff there," he explained.

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The Wellington farmer added that even when it does rain and the drought breaks it will take many farmers 12 to 18 months to recover

"We wont sell any grain for that time and we wont sell any hay until we replenish supplies. So that's when the money drought hits... we'll have no stock to sell, we'll try to breed up numbers again, so its more the ongoing effect that I realise is going to be there when it does break and it will break," he explained.

"You need a good crop after the rain to get your silos full again, get a good hay season, but that's all income that you would normally of sold so you skip that year as well."

Komatsu technician Todd Hutton, from Newcastle, told the Western Magazine while at Mr Inder's property on November 29, that the trip has been "an eye opener."

"It's obviously tough they're out there feeding with majority of their time," he said.

"And a lot of these guys are pretty capable to do this sort of thing (farm machinery maintenance) but they're probably time poor more than anything."

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The is the second time that Komatsu has come out to the region to help with machinery maintenance for drought-affected farmers , with the first being in Coonabarbran last year.

Mr Hutton said the feedback from that first drought relief initiative was so positive that it allowed them to come out again this year with an event bigger taskforce.

Komatsu branch manager in Mudgee, Anthony Constable was there for the drought relief farm aid.

Mr Constable said while the plan was to help 20 farmers, a Komatsu resident fitter in Dubbo will continue to work with a list over the coming weeks.

Despite the ongoing dry, Komatsu in Mudgee was a healthy business, Mr Constable explained, but they know how hard it has been and wanted to help.

"Without a farmer we don't have an economy basically... they grow everything and they feed our economy and if we don't help them when times are tough we wont have a business moving forward," he said.

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Knowing that the dry times will continue, Mr Constable added that they are hoping to do another drought relief initiative next year.

"We're thinking maybe towards March/April to 2020 to hold another drought relief across northern NSW," he said.

"We want them to understand that they (farmers) are not their on their own. There's always someone to talk to and we're here..."