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Federated Farmers - Latest News [Page 44]
Few opportunities to lift dairy prices short term
Thursday, 16 April 2015, 11:08 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is disappointed at the third fall in a row of the GlobalDairyTrade auction price overnight. More >>
Commissioner backs Federated Farmers’ proposals
Friday, 10 April 2015, 11:32 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers’ suggestion of land swaps of some private land, for the land held by the Department of Conservation, have been picked up by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment. In her most recent update report on what is known ... More >>
‘Future of the Heartland Forum’: South Island farming event
Sunday, 5 April 2015, 11:34 am | Federated Farmers
‘Future of the Heartland Forum’ shaping up as South Island farming event of the year More >>
Otago Regional Council blindsides ratepayers
Thursday, 2 April 2015, 1:26 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is calling on the Otago Regional Council to properly inform and explain themselves to their ratepayer farmers who are facing huge increases in rates and consent costs this year. More >>
Sustainable Farming Fund backs web-based education resource
Wednesday, 1 April 2015, 4:53 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers says a web-based education resource, to educate students on the value of plant nutrients will help the next generation of New Zealanders understand how agriculture systems work. The Sustainable Farming Fund has just announced $93,000 ... More >>
Dairy Audit results unacceptable
Wednesday, 1 April 2015, 12:11 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is disappointed in the findings released today by the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment in their compliance operation. More >>
Fonterra and Synlait results look grim
Wednesday, 25 March 2015, 12:42 pm | Federated Farmers
Following today’s announcements from Synlait and Fonterra, Federated Farmers is urging dairy farmers to keep their budgets tight. More >>
Dairy Workplace Accord to be launched
Wednesday, 25 March 2015, 10:15 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers and Dairy NZ with other industry bodies will release the dairy industry’s newly developed Quality Workplace Accord in May, following consultation with key government and industry partners. More >>
Federated Farmers condemn breaches of animal welfare
Thursday, 19 March 2015, 1:58 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is emphatic farmers and trucking operators must follow the animal welfare rules when they take stock to processing works, especially as drought conditions reduce animal feed in some parts of the country. More >>
Relief in Non-Proprietary Cultivar Levy renewal
Thursday, 19 March 2015, 10:33 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers congratulates the herbage seed industry on voting to renew its Non-Proprietary Cultivars (NPC) and Uncertified Herbage Seed Levy Order for the next six years. More >>
Katie Milne is Dairy Woman of the year!
Thursday, 19 March 2015, 10:24 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers President, Dr William Rolleston, says he’s thrilled by Katie Milne winning the 2015 Dairy Woman of the Year Award. More >>
Drop in Global Dairy Trade
Wednesday, 18 March 2015, 5:10 pm | Federated Farmers
The 8.8 percent drop in the Global Dairy Trade overnight will be disappointing to New Zealand dairy farmers. More >>
Federated Farmers Exec wins Golden Lamb Award
Monday, 16 March 2015, 4:57 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is thrilled one of their own has taken out this year’s Beef & Lamb Golden Lamb Awards . More >>
Federated Farmers confirms contamination threat
Tuesday, 10 March 2015, 4:32 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has confirmed it has received a threat to sabotage New Zealand infant formula with the pesticide 1080. More >>
Federated Farmers Executives Golden Lamb Award Finalists
Monday, 9 March 2015, 11:01 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is thrilled to see two of the finalists for this years’ Beef & Lamb NZ Golden Lamb Awards are Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre provincial chairmen. More >>
Dairy farmers surveyed on environmental spend
Thursday, 5 March 2015, 10:14 am | Federated Farmers
DairyNZ and Federated Farmers are going out to dairy farmers to find out how much money they have invested on-farm in environmental initiatives. More >>
Last chance to reunite the Bee Industry
Thursday, 26 February 2015, 3:41 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is calling on the bee industry to unite and ensure they achieve a fully integrated entity peak body. More >>
Federated Farmers advises farmers to prepare Feed Budgets
Wednesday, 25 February 2015, 3:27 pm | Federated Farmers
As stock feed becomes scarce Federated Farmers is encouraging farmers to get a feed plan and budget under way for the remainder of the year. More >>
Federation calls for a different approach to water storage
Wednesday, 25 February 2015, 9:23 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers believes the loss of irrigation today to farmers supplied by the Opuha Dam could be avoided in future if the Government made it easier for investors to fund water storage projects that would provide a wider network of water storage ... More >>
Update on drought conditions in Marlborough
Wednesday, 11 February 2015, 11:54 am | Federated Farmers
Blenheim has had its lowest rainfall in 85 years over the July 2014 - January 2015 period, receiving only 35 percent of the long term average rainfall of 381mm. More >>
