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Drought widening essential to prevent a double-dip
Wednesday, 21 April 2010, 9:26 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has welcomed a widening of drought measures to encompass the Bay of Plenty (Western Bay of Plenty, Rotorua, Kawerau, Opotiki, Whakatane and Tauranga), South Taranaki, parts of South Canterbury (Mackenzie, Waimate and Waitaki) and Otago ... More >>
KPMG Misses The Micro In The Macro
Monday, 19 April 2010, 5:00 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers welcomes KPMG’s Agribusiness Agenda but observes that details affecting farming on an individual farm scale has been missed, due to a macro overview. More >>
Federated Farmers Commends Beef & Lamb Chairman
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 4:36 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers congratulates Hawke’s Bay farmer, Mike Petersen, for his re-election as Chairman of the New Zealand Meat Board as well as being elected chair of New Zealand Beef & Lamb (formerly Meat & Wool). More >>
Federated Farmers Challenges Manawatu River Claims
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 3:07 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is challenging Massey's Dr Mike Joy and the Cawthron Institute to name the other 299 rivers on a list, where it is claimed the Manawatu is among the worst in the world. More >>
Driving age to be lifted
Thursday, 15 April 2010, 2:30 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is disappointed Cabinet has agreed to lift the driving age to 16 as it will not have any impact on lowering the road toll. More >>
Drought will impact 2010/2011 dairy production
Wednesday, 14 April 2010, 10:19 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is encouraging dairy farmers to make provisions for recovery plans, as the effects of drought in the upper North Island and parts of the South Island may be felt for several seasons. More >>
Federated Farmers Encouraged By U.S. Talks
Tuesday, 13 April 2010, 1:00 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers wishes to commend Prime Minister, the Hon John Key for pushing free trade in his talks with United States Vice-President, Joe Biden and Agriculture Secretary, Tom Vilsack. More >>
Farmers call for more education for ATV users
Monday, 12 April 2010, 1:14 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is urging more stringent education for the recreational use of all terrain vehicles (ATV). More >>
Transpower on a collision course with farmers
Monday, 12 April 2010, 10:18 am | Federated Farmers
Transpower must agree access arrangements as the final part of the upgrade to the Roxburgh to Islington electricity transmission line, starting Monday, will need additional private land. More >>
Working With forestry
Saturday, 10 April 2010, 11:42 am | Federated Farmers
Speech by Don Nicolson, President of Federated Farmers, to the 2010 New Zealand Farm Forestry Association in Invercargill More >>
Farmers urge proactive attitude towards drought
Thursday, 8 April 2010, 4:45 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is welcoming today’s announcement to extend the areas affected by drought and are urging farmers to work proactively to minimise the effects. More >>
Farmers welcome discussions
Wednesday, 7 April 2010, 5:09 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers welcomes Fonterra’s discussion document that was released today and commends the idea of an internal farmer sharemarket. More >>
Lift in milk powder prices will lift confidence
Wednesday, 7 April 2010, 1:21 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers believes the announcement that the average price for whole milk powder has risen 21 percent will boost confidence, both in the farming and banking sectors. More >>
State of the art milk plant proposed for Darfield
Wednesday, 7 April 2010, 10:05 am | Federated Farmers
Canterbury members of Federated Farmers are welcoming news Fonterra Cooperative Group is commencing consultation on the construction of a state-of-the-art processing facility in Darfield. More >>
NZ goes where other global alliance members don't
Tuesday, 6 April 2010, 3:17 pm | Federated Farmers
While Federated Farmers is restating its support for the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases, it’s also cautioning that New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) means the country is going where the other 26 nation members ... More >>
Positive developments in the ECan saga
Thursday, 1 April 2010, 3:13 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers sees a number of positives coming out of Government’s decision to sack the Environment Canterbury Council (ECan) and replace it with commissioners. More >>
Positive developments in the ECan saga
Thursday, 1 April 2010, 2:14 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers sees a number of positives coming out of Government’s decision to sack the Environment Canterbury Council (ECan) and replace it with commissioners. More >>
NZ went country for Federated Farmers Farm Day
Wednesday, 31 March 2010, 11:41 am | Federated Farmers
New Zealand went country for Federated Farmers Farm Day on Sunday. Around 4000 people visited the 23 farms which opened their gates to show what goes on down on the farm. More >>
Canterbury deserves better
Wednesday, 31 March 2010, 10:06 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers says Government’s decision to disband the Environment Canterbury (Ecan) Council highlights the need for the Canterbury region to make some constructive decisions about its resources and environment. More >>
Farm Day a great success
Monday, 29 March 2010, 12:15 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers wish to thank the New Zealand public for getting behind their annual Farm Day. More >>
