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Unscrupulous worker highlights why 90-days works
Tuesday, 16 September 2014, 4:23 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers believes the experience of a husband and wife farming team in Taranaki underscores why the 90-days provision is so important to small businesses. “Yesterday a member called 0800 FARMING to alert us to a guy doing the rounds in Taranaki who ... More >>
Black Grass still a threat
Thursday, 11 September 2014, 11:42 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers urges farmers to remain vigilant in checking for black-grass this season, as it still remains a possible threat to the Canterbury economy. “The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) response team found no sign of black-grass last season, ... More >>
Coasters nervous about a dry start to spring
Thursday, 11 September 2014, 10:13 am | Federated Farmers
Nervous West Coast farmers are hoping meteorologists are right that a rainmaker is close at hand, with no more than 1 millilitre (mls) falling at Westport over the past 23 days. More >>
New Zealand’s future as a primary superpower
Wednesday, 10 September 2014, 11:47 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is asking whoever forms the next government for an additional $600 million investment into science research and innovation over the next three years. The request was made at the launch of the Federation’s 2014 General Election Manifesto. ... More >>
Being a primary superpower
Wednesday, 10 September 2014, 11:40 am | Federated Farmers
Speech by Dr William Rolleston, Federated Farmers President, at the launch of Federated Farmers 2014 General Election Manifesto held at Lincoln University Thank you for being a part of the launch for Federated Farmers 2014 General Election Manifesto. ... More >>
NZIER report on Labour’s Capital Gains Tax policy
Tuesday, 9 September 2014, 5:41 pm | Federated Farmers
The New Zealand Labour Party has issued a media release calling into question the efficacy of the report authored by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER). More >>
Report asks major questions of a Capital Gains Tax
Tuesday, 9 September 2014, 9:14 am | Federated Farmers
A report by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) reinforces Federated Farmers concerns over the Labour Party’s proposed Capital Gains Tax (CGT). “The NZIER say the Labour Party’s proposed Capital Gains Tax would not be a good addition ... More >>
No bees, no food, no people
Monday, 8 September 2014, 9:43 am | Federated Farmers
Without the incredible honeybee, two-thirds of the food we take for granted would almost vanish, making life as we know it impossible. More >>
National’s Freshwater Fund may spur on-farm wetlands
Sunday, 7 September 2014, 2:45 pm | Federated Farmers
Having worked with DairyNZ to analyse the $100m freshwater fund policy, recently announced by the National Party, Federated Farmers believes it could vastly improve water quality outcomes. “The Fund to retire farmland would be perhaps better interpreted ... More >>
As farmers are excluding stock, why regulate?
Wednesday, 3 September 2014, 2:55 pm | Federated Farmers
With the water quality of New Zealand’s water bodies generally stable to improving, using the law to enforce stock exclusion from the start of the 2017/18 season implies the Sustainable Dairying: Water Accord has failed, when in fact, it has been an outstanding ... More >>
Westland farmers braced for hard season
Thursday, 28 August 2014, 3:04 pm | Federated Farmers
Farmer-shareholders of the dairy cooperative, Westland Milk Products, will be watching spending very closely as the country’s number two dairy cooperative has cut 60 cents per kilogram of Milksolids (kg/MS) to a range of $5.40 - $5.80 kg/MS before ... More >>
Canterbury dairy farmers compliance continues to improve
Thursday, 28 August 2014, 10:53 am | Federated Farmers
Canterbury’s dairy farmers 72 percent full effluent compliance result, with no prosecutions, for the 2013/14 season shows they are taking their responsibilities seriously and the hard work is paying off. “Firstly, I would like to congratulate ... More >>
Fonterra news ‘as far from milk & disaster as the moon’
Wednesday, 27 August 2014, 3:59 pm | Federated Farmers
Fonterra news ‘as far from milk & disaster as the moon’ Farmers will be breathing a huge sigh of relief with Fonterra’s benchmark forecast payout for 2014/15 being held at $6 per kilogram of Milk Solids (kg/MS), while other aspects of the announcement ... More >>
Migrant dairy worker survey highlights procedure hole
Thursday, 14 August 2014, 5:12 pm | Federated Farmers
Following the third phase of the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment’s (MBIE) dairy strategy, focussed on migrant workers, Federated Farmers knows a sizable minority of farmers still need to meet basic employment law and the Federation is ... More >>
Rustlers hit Auckland’s Cornwall Park
Tuesday, 12 August 2014, 6:42 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is shocked, but unsurprised, rustlers have targeted sheep on Auckland’s Cornwall Park. The Federation is hopeful legislation tightening penalties around the crime will be introduced in the new Parliament. More >>
Labour’s water crusade
Friday, 8 August 2014, 4:11 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is asking why the Hon David Cunliffe is talking about helping regional economies on one hand, while announcing new taxes on those same regions to knock them back on the other. More >>
Animals feeling the chill down south
Friday, 8 August 2014, 11:58 am | Federated Farmers
The heavy snow showers falling in Southland and Otago have come at a bad time with most dairy farmers well into calving. “There are a lot of people in Otago and Southland that are in the thick of calving, which will prove challenging with temperatures ... More >>
The other face of foreign ownership
Wednesday, 6 August 2014, 12:31 pm | Federated Farmers
The generosity of foreign investors has created New Zealand’s largest ever private land protection agreement at 53,000 hectares; equivalent to 240 Cornwall Park/One Tree Hill Domains. More >>
GlobalDairyTrade not ‘milk and disaster’
Wednesday, 6 August 2014, 12:30 pm | Federated Farmers
The latest decline in the benchmark GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) online auction continues a trend expected by Federated Farmers. “We’d love to see a plus sign for a change but at least it seems to be tracking in the direction Rabobank has projected,” ... More >>
Farmers concerned over Lochinver sale
Sunday, 3 August 2014, 5:06 pm | Federated Farmers
While Federated Farmers supports positive overseas investment into New Zealand’s farming system, it is concerned the potential sale of Lochinver Station to Shanghai Pengxin Group Co. Limited, may not provide sufficient benefit to New Zealand. “Since ... More >>
