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Rallying Hawke’s Bay Regional Council for Ruataniwha
Tuesday, 24 June 2014, 12:52 pm | Federated Farmers
Supporters of Ruataniwha are being asked to attend Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s key meeting on it tomorrow (Wednesday, 25 June at 9am), to reinforce the massive support water storage received last Friday from Waipukurau’s ‘don’t damn our ... More >>
High calibre of leaders
Monday, 23 June 2014, 10:47 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers Manawatu-Rangitikei is thrilled to announce its newest executive members who are joining an already high calibre provincial executive. “We are delighted to introduce our new Dairy Chair Mat Hocken and Richard Morrison who is our new Meat ... More >>
Leave TPP slowcoaches behind, New Zealand farmers urge
Sunday, 22 June 2014, 1:54 pm | Federated Farmers
With Prime Minister John Key and President Barack Obama showing strong support for a comprehensive Trans Pacific Partnership, New Zealand farmers will support leaving countries behind that are not prepared to eliminate agricultural tariffs. “The ... More >>
Don’t let the wreckers damn our dam
Friday, 20 June 2014, 12:47 pm | Federated Farmers
Last month, Massey’s Dr Mike Joy told a Canterbury audience, “The nitrate toxicity in some waterways is 10 times the safe level already. We have gone from safe levels of 1.9 millilitres a litre, to 3.8ml/l in Canterbury." More >>
Farmers and dentists tie on ‘most trusted professions' list
Thursday, 19 June 2014, 11:07 pm | Federated Farmers
Farmers are tied with dentists as New Zealand’s fourteenth most trusted profession in Readers Digest New Zealand's Most Trusted Professions 2014. More >>
Upper Hutt’s vital role in protecting New Zealand
Thursday, 19 June 2014, 11:09 am | Federated Farmers
Upper Hutt will remain central of New Zealand’s biosecurity thanks to a new $65m high-security bio-containment laboratory, to be built on the existing site at Wallaceville. “The Ministry for Primary Industries’ animal health laboratories play a pivotal ... More >>
Don’t damn our dam rally in Hawke’s Bay this Friday
Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 3:55 pm | Federated Farmers
All Hawke’s Bay residents and businesses are being asked to drive their vehicle, whether it is a truck, tractor or excavator, in support of the Ruataniwha water storage scheme in Waipukurau this Friday. More >>
Could dairy sheep put us back on the sheep’s back?
Sunday, 15 June 2014, 7:52 pm | Federated Farmers
With Landcorp eyeing the potential of dairy sheep, the United States could be to our sheep industry what China is to dairy cattle, opening a bold new chapter for New Zealand’s most numerous farmed animal. “New Zealand has a small but thriving ... More >>
Bruce Wills is Agricultural Communicator of the Year
Friday, 13 June 2014, 9:50 am | Federated Farmers
Overnight, Bruce Wills has been named 2014 Landcorp Agricultural Communicator of the Year at a function held during the 2014 Fieldays. This follows on from the President of Federated Farmers being a finalist in the 2013 PRINZ Communicator of the Year ... More >>
Primary Industry’s outlook good
Friday, 13 June 2014, 9:48 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers believes the ‘2014 Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries’, released by the Ministry for Primary Industries, shows a promising future for the New Zealand economy thanks to kiwi farmers. “This report shows an increase of 16.3 ... More >>
Federated Farmers/Rabobank Farm Employee Remuneration Survey
Thursday, 12 June 2014, 11:31 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers and Rabobank have released the 2014 Farm Employee Remuneration Report in time for the 2014 National Agricultural Fieldays. This year’s report is available to members online or in print and is also presented in a new format ... More >>
Cracking sheep source code vindicates grower support
Thursday, 12 June 2014, 10:27 am | Federated Farmers
AgResearch’s internationally led mapping of the sheep genome is not just an unprecedented opportunity for New Zealand, but vindicates growers backing the creation of Beef + Lamb New Zealand Genetics. More >>
Sharemilkers and dairy farmers respond to call
Friday, 6 June 2014, 10:37 am | Federated Farmers
After being sent a rocket just over a week before DairyNZ’s 2014 levy referendum vote closed, sharemilkers and dairy farmers have responded with the strongest turnout since 2002. More >>
Federated Farmers mourns Alistair Polson
Friday, 6 June 2014, 9:36 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers mourns Alistair Polson It is with sadness that Federated Farmers mourns the passing of former National President, Alistair Polson, at the age of 58. “Alistair was a great farmer and a truly great New Zealander who has been taken ... More >>
Federated Farmers announces new Chief Executive Officer
Thursday, 5 June 2014, 11:46 am | Federated Farmers
New Zealand’s leading rural and farming advocacy body, Federated Farmers, has named Graham Smith as its Chief Executive Officer designate to succeed Conor English. More >>
Federated Farmers @ Fieldays 2014
Wednesday, 4 June 2014, 4:25 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers @ Fieldays 2014 Federated Farmers has not only uprated its 2014 Fieldays presence with a site in the feature pavilion but will hold the final meeting of its current Board in Hamilton ahead of Fieldays. “Federated Farmers will make ... More >>
Farmers support blunt force ban except in emergencies
Wednesday, 4 June 2014, 4:17 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is welcoming the ban on manual blunt force trauma as a routine method for euthanising calves, but is welcoming its retention for emergency euthanasia. “Federated Farmers was one of the many submitters who supported the change to the ... More >>
New president for Federated Farmers Manawatu-Rangitikei
Wednesday, 4 June 2014, 12:01 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers would like to welcome our new Manawatu-Rangitikei provincial president, James Stewart, who is replacing Andrew Hoggard, following their Annual General Meeting. More >>
Green Party Carbon Tax a mixed message
Monday, 2 June 2014, 11:25 am | Federated Farmers
Green Party Carbon Tax a mixed message Farmers will be confused by the Green Party’s decision to abandon the world’s most stringent Emissions Trading Scheme in favour of a Carbon Tax. “There are mixed messages the Green Party are sending the primary ... More >>
Addressing the big issues at our High Country Conference
Friday, 30 May 2014, 3:46 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers will be addressing the big issues at their High Country Conference next week in Queenstown. “We will be talking about what it means to be a ‘Good Neighbour’, and what it means in achieving positive outcomes,” says Chas Todhunter, ... More >>
