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Wool Levy voted down in preliminary results
Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 3:50 pm | Federated Farmers
Sheep farmers have narrowly turned down the chance for a Wool Commodity Levy, with the final results to be announced tomorrow. “Whilst we are disappointed in the result, we are pleased with the voter turn out of 47%, which was larger the Local ... More >>
New Zealand’s farmer suicide disgrace
Thursday, 9 October 2014, 12:16 pm | Federated Farmers
While the 169 farmers who committed suicide since 2007/8 eclipses the 112 people who have tragically died in agricultural occupational deaths, this toll has gone largely unnoticed aside from the families and communities it touches. “New Zealand’s ... More >>
Lake Hawea Station accident did not involve quad bikes
Wednesday, 8 October 2014, 1:38 pm | Federated Farmers
While there was an accident involving motorcycles on Lake Hawea Station over the weekend, Federated Farmers confirms this did not involve quad bikes. More >>
Last chance to vote, for NZ sheep farmers
Wednesday, 8 October 2014, 10:37 am | Federated Farmers
Sheep farmers have only three days left to vote for the Wool Levy Referendum, closing at 2pm this Friday, 10 October. “This is the final call for sheep farmers to decide the future of their wool industry on Friday,” says Rick Powdrell, Federated Farmers ... More >>
NBR claims about Federated Farmers
Friday, 3 October 2014, 5:29 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers wishes to place on record a correction to claims which have recently appeared in the National Business Review (NBR). More >>
GlobalDairyTrade result
Thursday, 2 October 2014, 11:10 am | Federated Farmers
The latest GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) result has disappointed Federated Farmers and now means farmers will be preparing for an austere 2014/15 season. “There’s no way to dress this up as anything but a kick in the guts,” says Andrew Hoggard, Federated ... More >>
GDT result a further blow to Westland farmers
Thursday, 2 October 2014, 10:43 am | Federated Farmers
Westland farmers are waiting for the bad news to end after the latest GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) result and Westland’s disappointing announcement yesterday confirming the $5.40 - $5.80 payout for the 2014/15 season, along with the final payout for the ... More >>
Tatua’s tremendous trifecta
Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 1:19 pm | Federated Farmers
Tatua members of Federated Farmers are welcoming an all time record payout by a New Zealand milk processor at $9 per kilogram of milk solids (kg/MS) for the 2013/14 season, with the in-season forecast for 2014/15 standing at $6.50 kg/MS. More >>
Farm agreement launched for dairy businesses
Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 9:34 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers will launch its new and improved Herd Owning Sharemilking Agreement to dairy farmers tomorrow. “This Agreement clearly navigates areas where farm owners and sharemilkers have had disagreements in the past,” says Andrew Hoggard, Federated ... More >>
Farmers back Reserve Bank call on the dollar
Friday, 26 September 2014, 12:00 pm | Federated Farmers
The New Zealand dollar’s strength is ‘Unjustified and Unsustainable’ and Federated Farmers is backing that assessment made by the Reserve Bank in a rare and forceful statement . More >>
Farmers down but far from out with Fonterra news
Wednesday, 24 September 2014, 10:59 am | Federated Farmers
Fonterra Cooperative Group farmer shareholders will welcome confirmation that the 2013/14 season has ended exactly as promised with a total payout of $8.50 per kilogram of milksolids (kg/MS). That good news is balanced by a sharp revision downwards in ... More >>
Synlait payout a good news/bad news story
Tuesday, 23 September 2014, 9:05 am | Federated Farmers
Synlait’s confirmation of a total payout of $8.31 per kilogram of milk solids (kg/MS), for the 2013/14 season, starts the ball rolling for company and cooperative results this week, with the company dropping its 2014/15 season forecast to $5 kg/MS from ... More >>
Farmers meeting on Lake Rotorua nutrient rules tonight
Monday, 22 September 2014, 1:34 pm | Federated Farmers
The future of farming in the Lake Rotorua catchment is why farmers are meeting tonight in Ngongotaha to go through the allocation of nitrogen and the consenting process. More >>
National-led Government wins mandate for RMA reforms
Sunday, 21 September 2014, 3:07 pm | Federated Farmers
An unprecedented increase in support for the third-term National Party, the best electoral performance since 1899, has delivered a clear mandate for reform of the Resource Management Act says Federated Farmers. “Vital reforms to the RMA have ... More >>
Robotic sheepdogs unlikely, Kiwi farmers say
Friday, 19 September 2014, 11:21 am | Federated Farmers
At the risk of being out of step with technology, Federated Farmers is dubious robotic sheepdogs will replace the real thing anytime soon. Reported late last month, European academics believe they have created an algorithm simulating sheepdog behaviour. More >>
Farmers have spent millions in the Horizons region
Friday, 19 September 2014, 10:58 am | Federated Farmers
A Federated Farmers survey has revealed the average dairy farmer in the Horizons Region has spent over $110,000 on environmental management in the past five years. More >>
Federated Farmers offers to talk with tour operator
Wednesday, 17 September 2014, 4:17 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers offers to talk with tour operator Following media reports of High Country Explorer Tours being affected by the sale of Flock Hill Station, Federated Farmers High Country is offering to speak with the operator. More >>
Steady GlobalDairyTrade Result Welcomed by Farmers
Wednesday, 17 September 2014, 2:23 pm | Federated Farmers
“With peak milk about four weeks away we could do with some good news and while steady as she goes isn’t a plus sign, at least it is not a negative,” says Andrew Hoggard, Federated Farmers Dairy chair. More >>
Water taxes will suck Canterbury and Otago dry: Report
Wednesday, 17 September 2014, 12:42 pm | Federated Farmers
A report undertaken by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) for Federated Farmers, shows how water taxes may end up becoming a regional tax on Canterbury and Otago, seriously impacting those regional economies. More >>
Rural New Zealand wants gigabit equality
Wednesday, 17 September 2014, 11:52 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers and TUANZ believe it is essential the next Government delivers better connectivity to rural New Zealand, and is keen to work with them to make that happen. “We are encouraged by the National Party’s further commitment of $150million, ... More >>
