Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Scoop InfoPages
This InfoPage in unregistered, if this is your news page register Federated Farmers for InfoPages here.
Federated Farmers - Latest News [Page 116]
Massive potential to grow NZ agriculture - report
Friday, 27 November 2009, 11:32 am | Federated Farmers
The release of the Pasture Renewal Charitable Trust commissioned BERL study, An economic analysis of the value of pasture, highlights not just the value of pasture to the New Zealand economy, but the great potential to increase productivity. “This economic ... More >>
Good Farm Stories go online
Thursday, 26 November 2009, 4:43 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has today welcomed the launch of goodfarmstories.org.nz by Green Party MP, Jeanette Fitzsimons. The informative website was launched at Parliament today and Federated Farmers chief executive, Conor English, was among the attendees. ... More >>
Fed Farmers takes cold comfort from ETS lobbying
Thursday, 26 November 2009, 3:53 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has taken cold comfort that its behind the scenes lobbying may have saved each New Zealand farm some $27,000 from 2030. While the Federation wished to see the entire ETS scrapped, it also worked to reduce the worst impacts of it ... More >>
UK to ditch plans for biosecurity cost-sharing
Thursday, 26 November 2009, 10:04 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has welcomed reports the United Kingdom Government has shelved its ‘animal tax’, which would have forced exporters to cost-share for biosecurity incursions. The Federation is demanding the New Zealand Government now follow suit. ... More >>
Greenpeace ‘lost’ in its anti-farming obsession
Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 1:07 pm | Federated Farmers
While Federated Farmers defends the right to protest legally, Greenpeace’s desperate smear campaign against Fonterra and dairy farming reflects an organisation that has lost sight of what its purpose is More >>
Bipartisan agreement to lift science investment
Monday, 23 November 2009, 9:49 am | Federated Farmers
In its submission to the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology, Federated Farmers has called for the biological economy to be prioritised, with bipartisan backing for three percent of Gross Domestic Product to be put into science and research. ... More >>
Federated Farmers gets in behind Books in Homes
Thursday, 19 November 2009, 4:33 pm | Federated Farmers
Educating young New Zealanders from low decile schools about farming is why Federated Farmers backs the efforts of Christine Fernyhough - philanthropist, farmer, inventor and author of Ben and Mark, Boys of the High Country. “Duffy Books in Homes provides ... More >>
Decisive Fonterra result hailed
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 5:22 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is hailing Fonterra’s decisive capital structure result as a victory for the cooperative model. “At just under 90 percent, it’s a decisive and overwhelming statement for the future of Fonterra,” says Willy Leferink, Federated ... More >>
The future of perpetual compensation
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 2:38 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has successfully negotiated a ‘sunset clause’ with Transpower that opens the way for future annual compensation payments when productive land is lost to transmission line projects. More >>
Getting things right for farmers and New Zealand
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 11:30 am | Federated Farmers
President’s opening speech to the 2009 Federated Farmers National Council. Speech calls on the Government to repeal the Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading) Amendment Act. More >>
Farmers Out Of ETS ‘Faster Than A Rat Up A Drain'
Monday, 16 November 2009, 3:42 pm | Federated Farmers
As predicted by Federated Farmers two weeks ago, Australia’s Federal Government yesterday opted to permanently exclude farmers from its emissions trading scheme (ETS). More >>
Farmers sign-on to Asia business ed partnership
Monday, 16 November 2009, 11:17 am | Federated Farmers
To help New Zealand make the most of opportunities in the Asian century, Federated Farmers has signed-on to the Business Education Partnership – designed to inform young New Zealanders about Asia. “With the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the offing, ... More >>
Barack in the free trade business
Sunday, 15 November 2009, 12:12 pm | Federated Farmers
In the space of just 24 hours, New Zealand has got welcome confirmation the United States is to take part in the Trans-Pacific Partnership. This news coming hard on the heels of yesterday’s New Zealand – Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership ... More >>
Speech: Fed Farmers - rural ambition for broadband
Thursday, 12 November 2009, 3:44 pm | Federated Farmers
Presentation by Donald Aubrey, Federated Farmers vice-president and telecommunications spokesperson, to the Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand (TUANZ) Rural Broadband Symposium in Rotorua Thank you for allowing me to speak on the very ... More >>
Revised Fonterra payout provides economic relief
Monday, 9 November 2009, 10:20 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is excited by the news that Fonterra is revising its 2009/10 season forecast to $6.05 per kilogram of milksolids (kg/MS). The second upwards revision since the $4.55 kg/MS season forecast was announced in May and reflecting a surge ... More >>
Speech: Federated Farmers - Environment Reporting
Friday, 6 November 2009, 4:48 pm | Federated Farmers
Speech notes of Don Nicolson, President of Federated Farmers, delivered at the University of Otago I wish to thank the University of Otago for affording me the opportunity of speaking to you in this session. I wish to acknowledge my co-panellists, Green ... More >>
Anders Crofoot elected NZ Grassland Assoc. Pres
Friday, 6 November 2009, 4:21 pm | Federated Farmers
President of Federated Farmers Wairarapa, Anders Crofoot, has been elected President of the Dunedin based NZ Grassland Association at its AGM held at Waitangi. “I am deeply honoured to become President of the New Zealand Grassland Association,” ... More >>
Groser Signs Trade Agreement, Encourages Farmers
Thursday, 5 November 2009, 4:58 pm | Federated Farmers
Trade Minister, the Hon Tim Groser, told Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre producers yesterday that the world is their oyster in spite of mounting pressure from the high Kiwi dollar and climate change policy. “Federated Farmers shares the Minister’s ... More >>
New Zealanders want rural broadband ‘fair go"
Thursday, 5 November 2009, 1:33 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is challenging the Government to show more ambition on the rollout of broadband to one quarter of New Zealand. The Federation believes rural broadband is necessary for rural New Zealand’s economic competitiveness and social connectivity. More >>
GlobalDairyTrade result encouraging
Wednesday, 4 November 2009, 4:55 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has welcomed the uplift in dairy commodities from the latest globalDairyTrade event, but warns the high New Zealand dollar means that farmers and the economy will not realise its full benefit. “This is very good news for the dairy sector but ... More >>
