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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 >>
Farms Are Not Museum Pieces
Friday, 15 October 1999, 4:43 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers said today that Labour's environmental policy does little to help farmers achieve good environmental results. Federated Farmers President and environment spokesperson Alistair Polson said that, while the overall policy had several good ... More >>
DFNZ Welcomes WTO Ruling On Canadian Dairy Export
Friday, 15 October 1999, 1:52 pm | Federated Farmers
Dairy Farmers of New Zealand welcomed news from the World Trade Organisation that Canada's dairy export subsidy scheme has been ruled illegal under the WTO agreement on agriculture. More >>
NZ Farmers Not Responsible For Bread Price Rises
Thursday, 7 October 1999, 6:44 pm | Federated Farmers
Quality Bakers' recently announced five cents per loaf of bread price increase can not be attributed to farmers, Federated Farmers Grains Council of New Zealand said today. More >>
New Animal Welfare Bill Step Forward For NZ
Thursday, 7 October 1999, 6:42 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is hailing the Animal Welfare Act passed in Parliament today as a step forward for New Zealand and the agriculture industry. More >>
Personal Property Securities Act Good For Rural NZ
Wednesday, 6 October 1999, 10:45 pm | Federated Farmers
The passing tonight of the Personal Property Securities Act is good news for all farmers and growers, and will alter the face of the processing industry and commercial practices across New Zealand. More >>
Nuffield Farming Scholarships Awarded
Thursday, 30 September 1999, 2:19 pm | Federated Farmers
Two dairy farmers keen to study international issues that impact on the New Zealand agricultural sector have been awarded Nuffield Farming Scholarships for 2000. More >>
Wool Board 1999 Results Unsatisfactory
Tuesday, 28 September 1999, 6:55 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers' Meat and Wool Section is disappointed that the Wool Board has again experienced a budget over-run. More >>
IBAC Advice To Delay Concerns Farmers
Tuesday, 28 September 1999, 6:31 pm | Federated Farmers
"The Independent Biotechnology Advisory Council's advice to Government that the Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) hold off consideration of any releases of genetically modified plants is concerning," Federated Farmers President ... More >>
Kiwi/Northland Merger Supported
Saturday, 18 September 1999, 11:26 am | Federated Farmers
Dairy Farmers of New Zealand Chairman Charlie Pedersen supported of the announcement today by the Directors of the Kiwi Co-op and Northland Dairy companies that they had agreed on merger details. More >>
Feds Southland - Wool Board Questionaire Results
Wednesday, 15 September 1999, 5:08 pm | Federated Farmers
This survey was initiated due to the growing dissatisfaction among wool growers with the price of wool and as Federated Farmers Wool Spokesperson, Ian Smith tried to encourage the board to get these questionaires filled out at the recent Wool Board ... More >>
Fed Farmers Southland Wool Questionnairre
Wednesday, 15 September 1999, 5:06 pm | Federated Farmers
This survey was initiated due to the growing dissatisfaction among wool growers with the price of wool and as Federated Farmers Wool Spokesperson, Ian Smith tried to encourage the board to get these questionaires filled out at the recent Wool Board ... More >>
GE Wheat Trial To Be Closely Watched
Wednesday, 15 September 1999, 3:02 pm | Federated Farmers
Neil Barton, Chairman of the Grains Council of Federated Farmers, said today that an application to test wheat genetically modified to be resistant to the herbicide Roundup would be closely considered by the Grains Council and its members. More >>
