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Agreement With Northland Struck
Monday, 7 February 2000, 7:29 pm | Federated Farmers
The President of Federated Farmers of New Zealand (Inc), Alistair Polson, and Northland Federated Farmers of New Zealand (Inc) President, Ian Walker, today announced that agreement had been reached to settle the protracted dispute between the National ... More >>
Call For Cairns Group To Break WTO Deadlock
Monday, 7 February 2000, 7:28 pm | Federated Farmers
Farm leaders from Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand have called on the Cairns Group of free trading countries to break the deadlock in progressing World Trade Organisation talks following the debacle in Seattle last year. More >>
Meat New Zealand Must Operate In The Black
Saturday, 5 February 2000, 5:37 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers Meat and Fibre Producers (NZMFP) Chairman Chris Lester is commending Meat New Zealand's plans to reduce spending from $39.7 million in 1999 to $33.5 million in 2000. More >>
Farmers Investing Kiwi Bonus Share Payout On Farms
Thursday, 27 January 2000, 4:27 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers Sharemilkers' Section Chairperson Michael Pallesen said he is pleased that dairy farm owners are choosing to invest their Kiwi Bonus Share issue payment in farm development, or passing a portion onto their sharemilker. More >>
Industrial Hemp Working Party To Be Established
Friday, 21 January 2000, 4:54 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers Grains Council Chairman Neil Barton has welcomed Minister of Customs Phillida Bunkle's decision to convene a working party on Industrial Hemp. More >>
Cropping Farmers Want Sunshine Too!
Monday, 10 January 2000, 4:31 pm | Federated Farmers
The yield potential of New Zealand's arable crops has been enhanced by recent rains, said Federated Farmers Grains Council Chairman Neil Barton. More >>
Farmers Fear ACC Turnback
Thursday, 23 December 1999, 11:04 am | Federated Farmers
"The farming community is mystified as to what the Government's problem is with the current competitive accident insurance market". President of Federated Farmers, Alistair Polson, said today. More >>
Careful Thinking By Sharemilkers Called For
Monday, 20 December 1999, 5:00 pm | Federated Farmers
The Chairman of the Sharemilkers' Section of Dairy Farmers of New Zealand, Michael Pallesen, today called on sharemilkers to think carefully before signing any new sharemilking contracts. More >>
Dairy Farmer Mega Co-op Survey Encouraging
Wednesday, 8 December 1999, 3:04 pm | Federated Farmers
Dairy farmers are strongly behind the Mega Co-op, according to a survey carried out by Dairy Farmers of New Zealand. Commenting today on the results, Chairman Charlie Pedersen said that respondents had indicated a clear preference for the Mega Co-op. More >>
Dairy Industry Report Shows Low Performance
Wednesday, 8 December 1999, 9:14 am | Federated Farmers
"Dairy company annual reports are of high quality, but the underlying results desperately need improving, " said Charlie Pedersen, Chairman of Dairy Farmers of New Zealand. More >>
Ignore The Protests - WTO Too Important
Wednesday, 1 December 1999, 7:56 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers Vice President Tom Lambie said that New Zealanders should ignore the WTO protests, as the final result of the WTO talks was far more important to their futures. More >>
Southland Province Integrates With Fed Farmers
Wednesday, 1 December 1999, 1:20 pm | Federated Farmers
Southland Federated Farmers yesterday decided at an Extraordinary General Meeting to fully integrate with Federated Farmers of New Zealand (Inc)'s national structure. More >>
Cairns Farmers Talk Tough On Agriculture
Tuesday, 30 November 1999, 3:45 pm | Federated Farmers
Presidents of the national farmer organisations in the fifteen Cairns Group countries met in Seattle today to demand an end to discriminatory practices in world agricultural trade. More >>
Anderton's Remarks Destabilising Industry
Friday, 26 November 1999, 2:03 pm | Federated Farmers
Dairy Farmers of New Zealand Chairman Charlie Pedersen today slammed the suggestion from Alliance Leader Jim Anderton that the Alliance could overturn the Environmental Risk Management Authority's (ERMA) decision to allow genetic modification of dairy ... More >>
Solution Unlikely Wool Business Development Plan
Friday, 26 November 1999, 11:48 am | Federated Farmers
NZ Meat and Fibre Producers (formerly Federated Farmers' Meat and Wool Section) are concerned that some growers are holding back from selling their wool in order to capitalise on the McKinsey & Co investigation. More >>
Feds Backs Coasters Fight Against Grandstanding
Wednesday, 24 November 1999, 5:57 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers' West Coast members has joined with the Coast Action Network (CAN) to ask that political parties stop using the West Coast in order to appeal to urban Auckland voters. More >>
Elect A Government That Allows Rural Growth - Feds
Wednesday, 24 November 1999, 1:14 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers today issued a plea to urban voters to elect a government with policies that would allow rural growth. More >>
Green's Policy Could Destroy Market For Organics
Tuesday, 23 November 1999, 11:21 am | Federated Farmers
"The market opportunities for organic products are growing steadily but still represent a small part of the international marketplace," said Tom Lambie, Vice-President of Federated Farmers and long time organic dairy farmer. More >>
Feds On Labour/Alliance ACC And E.C.A Policies
Thursday, 18 November 1999, 5:13 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers said today that rural New Zealand would be disadvantaged by Labour/Alliance proposals to reverse the Employment Contracts Act and ACC deregulation, negating the rural recovery made after two years of adverse climatic conditions. More >>
Industry Leaders Must Do Better: DFNZ
Thursday, 18 November 1999, 12:03 am | Federated Farmers
Dairy industry leaders are failing to communicate adequately with dairy farmers said Dairy Farmers of New Zealand Chairman Charlie Pedersen today. More >>
