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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 >>
Canterbury Commissioners deliver ‘a lesson for Wellington
Saturday, 27 November 2010, 5:59 pm | Federated Farmers
Environment Canterbury Commissioners deliver ‘a lesson for Wellington’ Environment Canterbury is showing refreshing leadership for the entire government sector, with its Commissioners aiming to cap next year’s rates take at this year’s amount. ... More >>
Westland Milk Products announcement welcomed
Thursday, 25 November 2010, 4:14 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers welcomes the announcement that Westland Milk Products has recorded a peak milk flow of 2.77 million litres for the 2010/2011 season, up three percent on last season. More >>
Government commended for making changes to employment law
Thursday, 25 November 2010, 8:53 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is commending the Government for last night's final reading of the Employment Relations Amendment Bill (No 2) and the Holidays Amendment Bill. More >>
Wool is in the farmers’ hands
Wednesday, 24 November 2010, 5:38 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre chairperson, Bruce Wills, is encouraging farmers to seriously look into Wool Partners Cooperative’s (WPC) proposal, before the offer closes next Tuesday, 30 November. Mr Wills has himself decided to ‘share-up’ ... More >>
Farmers To Boycott Mackenzie ‘Imposium’
Sunday, 21 November 2010, 7:14 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers Vice-President will not be attending the Environmental Defence Society and Forest & Bird organised ‘symposium’ on the Mackenzie Basin’s future, after being advertised as a keynote speaker well before being asked or even invited. More >>
MAF Biosecurity NZ Asked To Suspend Artificial Pollination
Sunday, 21 November 2010, 7:02 pm | Federated Farmers
Due to biosecurity concerns and to check the spread of Psa, Federated Farmers is calling for Kiwifruit ‘artificial pollination’ to be suspended. The Federation will ask for all imports of pollen to be suspended. More >>
MAF Biosecurity NZ asked to suspend artificial pollination
Sunday, 21 November 2010, 1:50 pm | Federated Farmers
Due to biosecurity concerns and to check the potential spread of Psa, Federated Farmers is calling for Kiwifruit ‘artificial pollination’ to be suspended. The Federation will further ask for all imports of pollen to be suspended, until MAF Biosecurity ... More >>
Farmers to boycott Mackenzie ‘imposium’
Sunday, 21 November 2010, 1:48 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers Vice-President, Donald Aubrey, will not be attending the Environmental Defence Society (EDS) and Forest & Bird organised ‘symposium’ on the Mackenzie Basin’s future, after being advertised as a keynote speaker well before being asked ... More >>
