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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 >>
More Info For Farmers - DFNZ
Friday, 12 November 1999, 12:51 am | Federated Farmers
Dairy Farmers of New Zealand believes that the announced merger between Northland Dairy and Kiwi Co-op Diaries Ltd makes it vital that farmers are urgently given more detailed information on other industry mergers and the payout projections for the ... More >>
Fed Farmers Power Club Gives Electricitity Advice
Friday, 12 November 1999, 12:49 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers Power Club members will start receiving recommendations on Monday from the Power Club about which electricity suppliers they should consider signing contracts with. More >>
Vendor Declarations For Store Stock Essential
Wednesday, 3 November 1999, 10:28 am | Federated Farmers
Chairman of Federated Farmers' New Zealand Meat and Fibre Producers, Chris Lester, said today that purchasers of store cattle should immediately demanding National Vendor Declarations on any livestock purchased from now on for their own protection. More >>
Local Govt: Rural Landowners Left Holding The Bill
Monday, 1 November 1999, 5:50 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers said today that the Labour Party's local government policy is a major initiative that would have huge impact on New Zealand if carried through. More >>
Name An Invitation To Other Meat And Fibre Groups
Friday, 29 October 1999, 5:56 pm | Federated Farmers
New Zealand Meat and Fibre Producers' (formerly the Federated Farmers Meat and Wool Section) change of name is an invitation to other groups representing New Zealand producers of meat or fibre to investigate joining forces. More >>
National Vendor Declarations For Livestock
Wednesday, 27 October 1999, 6:54 pm | Federated Farmers
New Zealand Meat and Fibre Producers (formerly Federated Farmers Meat and Wool Section) is cautioning all meat producers that from 1 December 1999, all cattle and deer consigned for slaughter at licensed processing plants must be accompanied by a declaration ... More >>
Farmers Launches NZ Meat And Fibre Producers
Friday, 22 October 1999, 11:17 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers today announced that its Meat and Wool Section has changed its name to NEW ZEALAND MEAT AND FIBRE PRODUCERS. It will continue as an industry group within Federated Farmers of New Zealand (Inc). More >>
Incoming Gov Must Give Priority To Competitiveness
Thursday, 21 October 1999, 8:06 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers said today that the Pre-Election Economic and Fiscal Update (PREFU) again proved that primary exports are the core of the New Zealand economy, and policy changes after the General Election must reflect that importance. More >>
