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Greens Protectionist Stance Grossly Irresponsible
Friday, 8 March 2002, 1:15 pm | Federated Farmers
Comments by Green MP, Rod Donald that Helen Clark should strike free trade off the agenda when she meets US president George Bush later this month are grossly irresponsible, says Federated Farmers President Alistair Polson. More >>
Growers Should Take Action On Feed Grain
Wednesday, 6 March 2002, 2:44 pm | Federated Farmers
Growers must ensure good storage conditions for feed grain, or risk downgrading its value, says Grains Council Chairman Neil Barton. More >>
Federation Welcomes Alternative To Kyoto
Wednesday, 6 March 2002, 2:44 pm | Federated Farmers
Commonwealth secretary-general Don McKinnon's attempt to muster support among Commonwealth countries to back the United States' and Australia's alternative to the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change has been welcomed by Federated Farmers' President Alistair Polson. More >>
New Petrol Tax Is Economic Sabotage
Friday, 1 March 2002, 12:39 am | Federated Farmers
The Government's $227 million Land Transport package is an election year bribe but at what price to the economy, says Neil Barton, Federated Farmers' Transport spokesman. More >>
Paid Parental Leave Bill fails Self Employed
Wednesday, 20 February 2002, 5:02 pm | Federated Farmers
The Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Paid Parental Leave) Amendment Bill will fail to assist those in greatest need, create significant inequities for the self-employed and casual employees and will do little to enhance the employment opportunities ... More >>
Govt Remains Divorced from Reality of Kyoto
Wednesday, 20 February 2002, 4:55 pm | Federated Farmers
The speech delivered by the Minister of Finance to the Northern Employers and Manufacturers Kyoto Business Summit today seemed divorced from reality and failed to recognise the full range of implications of ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, says Federated Farmers ... More >>
FFNZ Oppose Moratorium On Aquaculture Industry
Wednesday, 20 February 2002, 9:58 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers opposes the imposition of the moratorium on the aquaculture industry because of the abrupt changing of the rules regarding aquaculture applications, the lack of certainty imposed by those changes; and the retrospective nature of the legislation. More >>
Young Farmers World Congress Trust Scholarships
Monday, 18 February 2002, 11:20 am | Federated Farmers
The Young Farmers World Congress Charitable Trust is calling for applications for scholarships from students studying agriculture or agriculturally related topics at Universities or Polytechnics. The Trust is awarding two (2) $1,500.00 University ... More >>
Minister's Blind Faith In Forest Sinks Futile
Friday, 15 February 2002, 10:27 am | Federated Farmers
New Zealand's forest sink credits are not a panacea to the challenges that the Kyoto Protocol will present to New Zealand, says Federated Farmers of New Zealand (Inc) President Alistair Polson. More >>
Moratorium On GM Risks R&D Investment
Friday, 15 February 2002, 10:17 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers of New Zealand (Inc) has told the Select Committee considering the HSNO Amendment Bill that the proposed two year moratorium on applications for the commercial release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) from containment ... More >>
New Insects Released To Control Hieracium
Thursday, 14 February 2002, 9:41 am | Federated Farmers
As a further step in the Hieracium Control Trust programme, two further insects are to be released into the field to control three hieracium species, a herbaceous weed invading much of the hill and high country of New Zealand. More >>
Farmers Angered By Suggested Petrol Tax
Thursday, 14 February 2002, 9:39 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers of New Zealand (Inc) is angered by suggestions that the Government intends to impose an additional four cent per litre fuel tax on all New Zealanders to pay for Auckland's transport problems. More >>
Farmers Say Kyoto Analysis Not Enough
Thursday, 14 February 2002, 9:38 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers of New Zealand (Inc.) President Alistair Polson once again called for the Government to delay ratification following the release of the National Interest Analysis (NIA) on ratification of the Kyoto Protocol earlier today. More >>
FFNZ: Government Bucks World Trends
Wednesday, 13 February 2002, 10:16 am | Federated Farmers
The Prime Minister's statement to Parliament today bucks international trends says Federated Farmers of New Zealand President Alistair Polson. More >>
Trans Tasman Farm Group Meeting
Tuesday, 12 February 2002, 9:59 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers of New Zealand's National Board will be hosted at an inaugural return meeting by the Australian National Farmers Federation (NFF) in Brisbane on 25 February - 2 March. More >>
South Island Farmers Alarmed By Varroa Spread
Friday, 8 February 2002, 3:43 pm | Federated Farmers
South Island farmers are alarmed at the latest breach of the North Island varroa mite buffer zone, says Grains Council Chair Neil Barton. More >>
Kyoto Survey Results backed by Experience
Monday, 4 February 2002, 3:10 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers of New Zealand (Inc) Chief Executive Tony St Clair says the over whelming response to the Federation's climate change survey is backed by his meetings with farmers in Southern Hawkes Bay last week. More >>
96% Of Farmers Oppose Ratifying Kyoto Protocol
Friday, 1 February 2002, 11:23 am | Federated Farmers
With one in every three submissions coming from individual farmers on the Government’s climate change consultation paper late last year Federated Farmers of New Zealand (Inc) was prompted to conduct a survey of some of its 17,000 members throughout New ... More >>
Advisory: Cuttle & Isaacs Limited (In Liquidation)
Tuesday, 29 January 2002, 3:07 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers of New Zealand (Inc) is aware that a number of farmers in both the North and South Islands have been affected by the liquidation of the Ashburton-based livestock brokerage and auctioning company Cuttle & Isaacs Limited. More >>
Cuttle & Isaacs and Coromandel Meat Processors
Monday, 28 January 2002, 5:04 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers of New Zealand (Inc) President Alistair Polson is urging farmers affected by the liquidation of Canterbury stock firm Cuttle and Isaacs Ltd and the sale of Coromandel Meat Processors Ltd, Thames, to register with the Federation. More >>
