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No Country For Farmers?
Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 4:11 pm | Federated Farmers
20 percent of New Zealand’s sheep and beef farms could be replaced by oxymoronic ‘carbon forestry’, if the ambitions of foreign owned carbon foresters and the Government are realised. More >>
Hurunui River moratorium supported
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 5:24 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is supportive of Environment Canterbury’s (ECan) decision to place a moratorium on water take consent applications for the Hurunui River More >>
Get ready to celebrate the bee
Thursday, 22 July 2010, 5:09 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is getting ready to celebrate the many positive attributes of the honey bee, as Bee Week 2010 rolls around next week. More >>
The ‘Farm Toll’ Is Reducing, Argues Farmers
Wednesday, 21 July 2010, 5:05 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has responded to the Wellington Coroner by pointing out a 23 percent reduction in the ‘farm toll’ between 2006 and 2009. More >>
Federated Farmers Backs Meat Industry Strategy
Tuesday, 20 July 2010, 5:38 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has pledged its full support to Beef+Lamb NZ as well as the Meat Industry Association for development of a Meat Industry Strategy. More >>
Employment changes welcomed by farmers
Tuesday, 20 July 2010, 10:19 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is welcoming the changes to labour laws announced by Government recently. More >>
Synlait Milk goes east with Bright Dairy & Food Co
Monday, 19 July 2010, 3:20 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers believes the weakness of New Zealand’s capital markets has been exposed by Bright Dairy & Food Co Limited of China, taking a 51 percent stake in Synlait Milk. More >>
ACC Changes Provide Good Incentives
Friday, 16 July 2010, 3:27 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has welcomed the Government’s decision to introduce experience rating for larger employers and a system of non-claim bonuses as well as high-claim loadings for smaller employers, such as farms. More >>
Farmers call not to raise OCR vindicated by events
Friday, 16 July 2010, 1:55 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers warning last month that the Official Cash Rate (OCR) should have been kept on hold has been vindicated with a lower than expected rise in the Consumers Price Index – driven by weak housing and retail sales – as well as a more precarious ... More >>
90-day widening gets the big tick from farmers
Friday, 16 July 2010, 1:32 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is welcoming reports that the Employment Relations Act will be amended to extend the 90-day probation period to all employers. More >>
China’s got the cash, we’ve got the brains
Monday, 12 July 2010, 3:48 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers believes the medium term priority for New Zealand economic development is to maximise agricultural opportunities in New Zealand, rather than spreading ourselves too thinly by rushing into third countries. More >>
Overseas consumer research ‘a wake-up'
Friday, 9 July 2010, 1:09 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is hailing research being published in the journal Food Policy , by University of Otago’s Associate Professor John Knight and colleagues, about consumer preferences in New Zealand’s largest European export market. More >>
Federated Farmers welcomes RUC changes
Thursday, 8 July 2010, 4:28 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is welcoming changes to road user charges (RUC) that aim to simplify, modernise and reduce the costs of an important part of New Zealand’s transport system. More >>
Young Federated Farmers staff off to Japan
Wednesday, 7 July 2010, 2:47 pm | Federated Farmers
Two young Federated Farmers staff members left for Japan this week, after receiving a scholarship to attend the Invitation Programme for Special Fields Counterparts from New Zealand (SFC.NZ). More >>
Super insect villain finally meets its match
Wednesday, 7 July 2010, 10:57 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is congratulating scientists at the Crown Research Institute, Scion, for pursuing a biological control agent for the spectacularly named Australian pest, the Gum Leaf Skeletoniser. More >>
CraFarm saga reaches the end, perhaps
Tuesday, 6 July 2010, 5:24 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is calling for perspective on the sale of the 16 remaining CraFarm properties, for which the international tenders close tomorrow afternoon. More >>
Momentous day for Fonterra Cooperative Group
Friday, 2 July 2010, 3:56 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is hailing the decisive 89.85 percent vote in favour of the final leg of Fonterra’s capital structure review as the most momentous thing in the Cooperative’s history, since it was formed in October 2001. More >>
Federated Farmers to pressure for ETS review
Friday, 2 July 2010, 2:29 pm | Federated Farmers
Yesterday saw the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) start impacting all New Zealanders, but Federated Farmers focus is now on the promised 2011 review, details of which, remain sketchy. The Federation wants the Government to bring forward its 2011 review ... More >>
Ozzie Mozzie kicked for touch but score one-all
Friday, 2 July 2010, 9:36 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers wishes to congratulate MAF Biosecurity New Zealand for the recent declaration that New Zealand has eradicated the Southern Saltmarsh Mosquito, also know as the ‘Aussie Mozzie’. This is a world first and it is important to recognise ... More >>
Sheep and Beef Welfare Code is more workable
Wednesday, 30 June 2010, 10:18 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is pleased that the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) has listened to some of the concerns it raised, when finalising the Sheep and Beef Cattle Code of Welfare, which was issued by the Minister of Agriculture ... More >>
