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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 >>

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 >>