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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 >>
Spreading The Word
Monday, 28 June 2010, 4:32 pm | Federated Farmers
Speech by Don Nicolson, President of Federated Farmers, to the 54th annual conference of the New Zealand Groundspread Fertilisers Association, 28 June 2010 in Invercargill. More >>
NZ 2010 Agri Business And Agri Personality Named
Saturday, 26 June 2010, 10:48 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers, in association with Ravensdown, held agriculture’s second Cream of the Crop awards as part of its 2010 National Conference in Invercargill. More >>
Farmers Willing To Take Prime Minister’s Challenge
Saturday, 26 June 2010, 10:41 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers hosted the Hon John Key, for the Prime Minister’s luncheon as part of the Federation’s 2010 National Conference. The US Ambassador, as well as Eric Roy MP, Mayors Frana Cardno, Tim Shadbolt and Tracy Hicks were also in attendance More >>
Fed. Farmers: Challenges, opportunities, success
Friday, 25 June 2010, 1:52 pm | Federated Farmers
Last evening we celebrated the best agriculture has to offer. If there was a World Cup for farmers we’d be Brazil. Which makes Monday’s historic 1-1 draw with World Cup holders, Italy, as well as our historic placing above them in our Group, so very ... More >>
Minister to supply ETS costing analysis
Friday, 25 June 2010, 9:29 am | Federated Farmers
Agriculture Minister, the Hon David Carter MP, has agreed to supply Federated Farmers with how the Ministry of Agriculture has deduced its costing for the Emissions Trading Scheme. More >>
Big game in little New Zealand
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 9:57 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers remans lukewarm as to the introduction of a New Zealand Game Animal Council (GAC), after the Hon Kate Wilkinson, Minister of Conservation released the proposal document today. More >>
Which future for Meat & Fibre?
Thursday, 24 June 2010, 9:50 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre industry group were treated to strikingly divergent views as idealism faced hard commercial reality. Silver Fern Farms Chief Executive, Keith Cooper put up a differing vision for the industry’s future to that proposed ... More >>
Pastoral agriculture is NZ point of difference
Wednesday, 23 June 2010, 5:19 pm | Federated Farmers
Fonterra Cooperative Group Chairman, Sir Henry van der Heyden, has agreed with Federated Farmers that agriculture is New Zealand’s unique competitive advantage. More >>
The Crème of agriculture honoured in Invercargill
Tuesday, 22 June 2010, 3:09 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers, in association with Ravensdown is preparing to herald the success of the best that agriculture has to offer. This Thursday, at Federated Farmers National Conference in Invercargill, the winner of the prestigious Agribusiness award will ... More >>
Federated Farmers pleased with pest plan of action
Tuesday, 22 June 2010, 10:06 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers wish to show their support for the proposed Pest Management Plan of Action, released by the Biosecurity Minister, the Hon David Carter today. More >>
Farmers propose re-rating rates, following poll
Thursday, 17 June 2010, 5:32 pm | Federated Farmers
A Colmar Brunton poll commissioned by Federated Farmers and to be presented to the Minister of Local Government, the Hon Rodney Hide today, is a precursor to the Federation broadening its lobbying approach on local government funding reform. More >>
Federated Farmers complaint against Michael Laws
Thursday, 17 June 2010, 5:05 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is happy that RadioLive’s Michael Laws, is being required to make a private and public apology to Mr & Mrs Fowlie. The apology follows a formal complaint the Federation lodged with Mediaworks. More >>
