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‘Don’t stuff up the referendum’ farmers urged
Thursday, 27 August 2009, 12:31 pm | Federated Farmers
While the $9 million ‘smacking referendum’ engendered a lot of coverage, Meat & Wool’s levy referendum, of far greater economic importance to New Zealand, has a current turnout of only 33 percent and closes this Friday. More >>
Farmers serve RMA bill with ‘non compliance’ order
Monday, 24 August 2009, 9:31 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is giving the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Bill a notice of non compliance after it failed to acknowledge property rights and full compensation principles. “No Resource Management Act (RMA) reform ... More >>
Palm kernel - right story with the wrong execution
Monday, 24 August 2009, 9:20 am | Federated Farmers
Palm kernel extract, a waste by-product with almost no commercial value, does not cause the destruction of tropical forests. Used as supplementary feed, farmers’ biggest concern was not covered in the Sunday Star Times; that being the biosecurity ... More >>
Trans-Tasman biosecurity changes positive ... but
Thursday, 20 August 2009, 3:38 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is welcoming the closer integration on trans-Tasman flights of MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (Biosecurity NZ) with the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS), but raises important questions about the proposal. “On the face ... More >>
Farmers turn septic on urban tanks
Wednesday, 19 August 2009, 4:06 pm | Federated Farmers
Poorly maintained urban septic tanks are giving agriculture the bum’s rush by posing an environmental, health and agricultural risk. “Councils need to show the same vigilance with urban septic systems as they show with farmers. After all, farming ... More >>
Memo to Mike Lee, cows are not pufferfish
Monday, 17 August 2009, 9:58 am | Federated Farmers
In a major case of biological misidentification, farmers are demanding an apology from Auckland Regional Council (ARC) Chairman, Mike Lee, after he fingered farmers last week as a possible cause of Auckland’s toxic algae bloom. The toxin, Tetrodotoxin, ... More >>
High country appeal would be irresponsible
Friday, 14 August 2009, 1:53 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers believes an appeal of the Minaret Station Otago Land Valuation Tribunal decision would be an irresponsible use of taxpayers money. The Federation has also lambasted former Labour Lands Minister, the Hon David Parker, as still failing ... More >>
El Nino: 2.8 billion reasons to back water storage
Friday, 14 August 2009, 1:50 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is challenging the Government and Dr. Don Brash’s productivity taskforce to back water storage. With the economic effect of the 2007/08 El Nino influenced drought being revised from $1.2 billion to $2.8 billion, the economic ... More >>
Reform prospect electrifies farmers
Friday, 14 August 2009, 9:22 am | Federated Farmers
With many farmers averaging $21,000 per year for their electricity, the prospect of substantial reform to the New Zealand electricity market has Federated Farmers amping up its submission. More >>
Vodafone and Farmside part of broadband solution
Thursday, 13 August 2009, 4:51 pm | Federated Farmers
Within the past few days, Federated Farmers has delivered both a brickbat and a bouquet to the big two mobile telecommunication companies, with the Federation cautiously welcoming Vodafone’s partnership with rural satellite broadband provider, Farmside. ... More >>
Big turnout urged in Meat & Wool levy referendum
Thursday, 13 August 2009, 12:44 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has joined the Minister of Agriculture, the Hon David Carter MP, in urging a big turnout for the Meat & Wool levy referendum, which closes on August 28. More >>
Farmers welcome sane decision on diesel tax
Wednesday, 12 August 2009, 5:25 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is celebrating the National-led Government’s decision to abandon a new tax on diesel. Any diesel tax would have required a refund system for off-road use. This would have added a major compliance burden on the agricultural sector. More >>
Speech slams ‘misguided’ emissions target
Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 1:59 pm | Federated Farmers
In a hard hitting speech delivered to the New Zealand Plant Protection Society in Dunedin this morning, the President of Federated Farmers, Don Nicolson, has slammed as misguided, New Zealand’s obsession with emissions and a lack of research investment. ... More >>
Studious obedient and naïve on emission reductions
Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 8:40 am | Federated Farmers
The Government’s plan to meet its 2020 target by increasing forestry sinks and the purchase of emission reduction units may help meet existing international commitments, but the Federation remains concerned about the impact on farming and the wider economy ... More >>
28 March 2010 is Federated Farmers Farm Day
Friday, 7 August 2009, 11:51 am | Federated Farmers
The highly successful Federated Farmers Farm Day will return in 2010 under the theme, The Green Farmer. The 2010 event is confirmed for 28 March; the last Sunday in March 2010. “Federated Farmers Farm Day is a great way for families to come and discover ... More >>
GlobalDairyTrade increase welcome
Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 12:53 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has welcomed the 25.8 percent uplift in whole milk powder prices (WMP) from the latest GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) event, but remains concerned at fluctuations in WMP prices. More >>
Time to use one U.S. subsidy against another
Wednesday, 5 August 2009, 10:39 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers believes it maybe time to use a new US$243 million (NZ$367 million) American dairy subsidy, to end an even worse one, that being the Dairy Export Incentive Programme (DEIP) introduced in May. “Given American dairy farmers bleated their ... More >>
Minaret Station a victory for property rights
Monday, 3 August 2009, 5:10 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is congratulating the owners of Minaret Station and High Country Accord on the precedent setting Minaret decision, made last Friday by the Otago Land Valuation Tribunal (LVT). The Federation argues this decision reaffirms the property ... More >>
Silver Fern Farms capital structure result
Friday, 31 July 2009, 5:17 pm | Federated Farmers
The positive result from the Silver Fern Farms (SFF) proposal to reform its capital and governance provides a potential way forward for the meat industry. “While the turnout was disappointing at 42.24 percent, of those who did vote, three-quarters ... More >>
Fonterra’s reconfirmation of forecast payout great
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 10:35 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers believes Fonterra’s confirmation of its forecast 2008/2009 payout of $5.20 per kilogram of milksolids (kg/MS) vindicates its cooperative structure, but the high New Zealand dollar remains a concern. “There was always a risk that ... More >>
