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Federated Farmers - Latest News [Page 101]
Rural security key in 111 review
Friday, 17 December 2010, 2:13 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers welcomes the Government’s announcement today that it has begun a long term review of our 111 service and will be pushing to ensure rural response times are given a priority. More >>
Meetings underway to discuss Fonterra’s new structure
Thursday, 16 December 2010, 10:17 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers have been holding a series of meetings around the country to discuss Fonterra’s new payment system, and the change it will make to sharemilking. More >>
Federated Farmers secures Liz McGruddy for water team
Thursday, 16 December 2010, 10:03 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has boosted the capability of its water policy team with the appointment of Elizabeth McGruddy as a Senior Policy Advisor. “Water is one of our top critical policy priorities, as it’s a key advantage that underpins our economy and Federated ... More >>
Waikato joins Northland in double drought
Wednesday, 15 December 2010, 2:21 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has welcomed the Government’s declaration of a medium scale adverse event across the Waikato region and Ruapehu District. As with Northland, Waikato has now had two consecutive dry springs and is now in the grip of a double drought. More >>
1984 comes to Animal Farm with ID scheme
Wednesday, 15 December 2010, 1:46 pm | Federated Farmers
The first reading of the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) Bill is a step towards establishing a costly new bureaucracy impacting lifestylers and farmers alike. More >>
Cancun a wake up call for New Zealand’s ETS
Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 4:15 pm | Federated Farmers
After 20 years of wrangling with the Kyoto Protocol, the outlook for a comprehensive world wide carbon emissions solution remains an enigma, as proven by the past weekend’s UN Climate Change Summit in Cancun. More >>
Biosecurity law change loads costs on to industry
Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 9:22 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is happy to see that the Government is giving Biosecurity a much needed shake up in the Biosecurity Law Reform Bill, but there are some huge holes that still need work. More >>
Sharemilkers and Fonterra’s new capital structure meetings
Friday, 10 December 2010, 4:38 pm | Federated Farmers
Media are invited to attend a series of meetings Federated Farmers is holding for all sharemilkers, farm owners and rural professionals to discuss how Fonterra’s capital restructure affects the sharemilking industry. More >>
Let the dung beetles muck in
Friday, 10 December 2010, 3:54 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is supporting the Dung Beetle Release Strategy Group’s application to ERMA, to release 11 species of dung beetle in New Zealand. “Farmers have always been receptive to new ideas and techniques for farming,” says John Hartnell, Federated ... More >>
Fonterra forecast helps…if you’re producing
Friday, 10 December 2010, 1:02 pm | Federated Farmers
Fonterra Cooperative Group lifting its milk price forecast to $6.90 per kilogram of milksolids (kg/MS), is welcome news to dairy farmers. That said, production from key dairy farming areas is likely to be sharply down due to the spring drought. More >>
OIO clarification inline with Federated Farmers
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 1:47 pm | Federated Farmers
The new directive letter to the Overseas Investment Office (OIO), issued today by the Finance Minister, the Hon Bill English, is broadly in line with Federated Farmers emerging policy on foreign investment. More >>
Federated Farmers seeks to improve the Banking Code
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 1:46 pm | Federated Farmers
With the Reserve Bank holding interest rates at three percent, Federated Farmers attention has turned to the review of the New Zealand Code of Banking Practice. The Federation will be advancing two substantial changes to improve the New Zealand Banking ... More >>
Northland goes from drought to drought
Thursday, 9 December 2010, 11:07 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has welcomed the Government’s declaration of a medium scale adverse event in North Auckland and Northland. This means Northland is now in the clutch of a double drought, with two consecutive dry springs, both in the 2009/10 and the ... More >>
Dairy matters
Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 4:38 pm | Federated Farmers
The Fonterra/DairyNZ report Dairy’s role in sustaining New Zealand - the sector’s contribution to the economy, should be placed on the desks of every employee at Treasury and the Ministry of Economic Development (MED). More >>
Time for broadband to hit the trenches and the airwaves
Wednesday, 8 December 2010, 4:33 pm | Federated Farmers
With the Government today shortlisting Torotoro Waea, FX Networks/OpenGate and Telecom/Vodafone for the Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI), Federated Farmers is laying down its bottom line for what the Initiative should deliver (see attached). More >>
OCR hold ‘only logical response’
Tuesday, 7 December 2010, 3:15 pm | Federated Farmers
Keeping the Official Cash Rate (OCR) on hold, is the only logical response to domestic related weather events coalescing with a precarious international situation. More >>
Tb free advances will flow from Government commitment
Tuesday, 7 December 2010, 9:58 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is applauding the Government's decision, to confirm its $30 million annual support for the management of bovine tuberculosis (Tb) until 2015. More >>
Will summer 2011, be a re-run of 1989 for farmers?
Sunday, 5 December 2010, 5:36 pm | Federated Farmers
MEDIA RELEASE FREEPHONE 0800 327 646 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 0800 327 646 end_of_the_skype_highlighting I WEBSITE WWW.FEDFARM.ORG.NZ ___________________________________________________________________ 5 December 2010 Will summer 2011, be a re-run of 1989 for farmers? With drought-like conditions appearing early in the current summer, the MetService’s weather ambassador, ... More >>
Turning an ‘imposium’ into a symposium
Friday, 3 December 2010, 1:46 pm | Federated Farmers
In recent weeks, two very strange events have occurred. First, was the auction of goods from the Canterbury earthquake being held in Auckland. Canterbury suffered the earthquake but Auckland got the bargains. Second, was the Auckland based Environmental ... More >>
Farmers help shave trade deficit
Monday, 29 November 2010, 4:15 pm | Federated Farmers
Those looking for the ‘next big thing’ to export are advised to look at agriculture, with the sector helping New Zealand towards an actual trade deficit for October, $138 million less than forecast. More >>
