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Fonterra forecast 'the day the recession hit home'
Wednesday, 27 May 2009, 11:43 am | Federated Farmers
Fonterra’s 2009/2010 season forecast of $4.55 per kilogram of milksolids (kg/MS) is a serious wake-up call for the Minister of Finance ahead of Budget 2009. It represents some $3.7 billion less in farm income than the 2007/08 season and $780 million less ... More >>
Infrastructure Board formation praised
Tuesday, 26 May 2009, 9:02 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has welcomed the Government’s appointment of an Infrastructure Board to provide independent strategic advice to the infrastructure Minister, the Hon Bill English MP. More >>
Obama's Dairy Export Incentives 'un-American'
Monday, 25 May 2009, 10:36 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is describing President Obama's Dairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP) as 'un-American'. DEIP is designed to target major New Zealand markets and is being driven by envy that sees uneconomic American farmers being propped up by ... More >>
US dairy subsidies a potential catastrophe
Saturday, 23 May 2009, 10:28 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is asking President Obama to come and explain to New Zealand’s subsidy-free farmers, why his administration has decided to subsidise 92,000 tonnes of American dairy products destined for international markets. More >>
Runaway RMA strikes the suburb of Premier House
Friday, 22 May 2009, 2:35 pm | Federated Farmers
The lack of compensation under the Resource Management Act (RMA) has gone from the farm and struck deep into the heart of metropolitan Wellington. Federated Farmers is sympathising with residents in the Wellington suburb of Thorndon, who will face ... More >>
Rural jobs website launched
Thursday, 21 May 2009, 9:09 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is stepping up to promote vacancies in the rural sector by launching the eponymously named website, ruraljobs.co.nz. Without any promotion, ruraljobs.co.nz has around 100 vacancies listed on it right now. The jobs website also fills the ... More >>
South Island weather warning to farmers
Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 10:48 am | Federated Farmers
South Island farmers are being urged to prepare for widespread snow to low levels and strong winds over the next few days, especially in Canterbury. This follows a warning issued yesterday by Canterbury Civil Defence. More >>
Johnny Rotten invited to visit NZ free-range cows
Monday, 18 May 2009, 10:54 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers Dairy wishes to invite former Sex Pistols front man, John Lyndon (aka Johnny Rotten), to come down under to see for himself, the difference free range cows makes to the quality of butter and other dairy products. More >>
Fish & Game’s High Court action a disaster
Thursday, 14 May 2009, 4:50 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has rightly labelled Fish & Game New Zealand’s ill-fated High Court challenge a disaster. More >>
Red meat industry strategy needed for future
Thursday, 14 May 2009, 9:12 am | Federated Farmers
Last week’s release of the Strategy for New Zealand Dairy Farming, produced by DairyNZ in conjunction with Federated Farmers and the Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand, should serve as a wake up call for the red meat industry. More >>
Move over shark wranglers, farming’s far riskier
Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 12:37 pm | Federated Farmers
While four people worldwide lost their lives in 2008 from shark attacks, there were 20 farm related fatalities in New Zealand over the same period. This has prompted Federated Farmers, ACC and FMG to organise a series of free seminars on risk management. More >>
Minister applauded for drought extensions
Tuesday, 12 May 2009, 2:53 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has welcomed the decision by the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, the Hon David Carter MP, to extend drought relief to parts of North Canterbury, the Central Plateau, Taihape and Wairarapa. “The Minister’s decisiveness means farmers ... More >>
It’s full spending ahead and damn the ratepayers
Monday, 11 May 2009, 4:17 pm | Federated Farmers
Seven councils in Auckland and Northland plan to waste tens of thousands of ratepayers’ dollars duplicating the work of the 2001 Royal Commission on Genetic Modification. The seven councils are planning to ‘consult’ with residents about their views ... More >>
Farmers say no to diesel tax
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 9:29 am | Federated Farmers
The National-led Government should swiftly abandon any suggestion of a new tax on diesel, says Donald Aubrey, Federated Farmers transport spokesperson. More >>
Bees buzz around The Beehive
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 10:25 am | Federated Farmers
The buzz was louder than usual at The Beehive yesterday, as Federated Farmers joined the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Hon David Carter MP and National Beekeepers Association chief executive, Jim Edwards, around a real beehive. More >>
Dairy strategy the ‘way ahead’ for New Zealand
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 9:49 am | Federated Farmers
The Dairy Industry Strategy provides a blueprint for New Zealand to leap up the league tables of the OECD. The New Zealand Dairy Industry, over the last decade, has started to unlock value from the commodities it produces and the markets it sells into. More >>
Back bloody brilliant bees
Tuesday, 5 May 2009, 9:44 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is pushing government to recognise the role of bees by boosting biosecurity response and research. Bees are an invaluable part of the $24.5 billion agricultural sector – New Zealand’s largest and most important industry. More >>
Otago stadium shows how councils farm farmers
Monday, 4 May 2009, 4:05 pm | Federated Farmers
The Otago Regional Stadium, for which contracts were signed last week, is being held up by Federated Farmers as a prime example of how farmers are being farmed by councils for their rates. More >>
Fonterra is the toast of dairy farmers
Tuesday, 28 April 2009, 5:06 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is toasting Fonterra’s decision to revise upwards, its forecast payout for the 2008/09 season from $5.10 per kilogram of milksolids (kgMS) announced in late January, to $5.20 per kgMS announced today. “The ten cent revision may ... More >>
Farmers welcome Telecom’s plan for broadband
Tuesday, 28 April 2009, 2:30 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has welcomed Telecom’s fibre to the premise proposal designed to meet the Government’s $1.5 billion broadband investment initiative. Telecom’s plan will provide what the Federation has sought - fibre infrastructure deep into ... More >>
