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Smuggling honey into New Zealand isn’t sweet
Wednesday, 22 October 2014, 10:06 am | Federated Farmers
Smuggling honey into New Zealand isn’t sweet Federated Farmers Bee Industry Group applauds the tough line taken by Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) Border Staff at Auckland Airport. In deporting the couple found trying to smuggle bee products ... More >>
Farmers need to take council findings on the chin
Tuesday, 21 October 2014, 7:04 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is saddened by Otago Regional Council inspection results and believes farmers risk compounding a bad payout season unless they seek information and help on what their obligations are under the Council’s water quality rules (Plan Change ... More >>
Farmers need to take council findings on the chin
Tuesday, 21 October 2014, 5:28 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is saddened by Otago Regional Council inspection results and believes farmers risk compounding a bad payout season unless they seek information and help on what their obligations are under the Council’s water quality rules (Plan Change ... More >>
Rural Health & Safety meetings – keeping our people safe
Tuesday, 21 October 2014, 10:30 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers Waikato is holding interactive sessions on the importance of Health & Safety on-farm, in the coming weeks, following a successful session held earlier this year. “These sessions are about enabling farmers with the right health and ... More >>
Federated Farmers celebrates journalism
Monday, 20 October 2014, 3:53 pm | Federated Farmers
The best of New Zealand’s rural journalism was celebrated Friday evening with the Dominion Post and Radio NZ taking the two awards sponsored by Federated Farmers. More >>
Key trends and demands in New Zealand’s farming sector
Monday, 20 October 2014, 11:19 am | Federated Farmers
It is an exciting time to be in the farming sector, as pastoral farming lies at the heart of our economy and how we see ourselves as a nation. We are a primary superpower that ranks among the best on earth in relation to production efficiency, environmental ... More >>
Collaboration not conflict: A farmer’s perspective
Friday, 17 October 2014, 9:45 am | Federated Farmers
Speech by Dr William Rolleston, Federated Farmers President, to the New Zealand Association of Resource Management, Wellington More >>
Global milk price rebound positive but early days
Thursday, 16 October 2014, 3:08 pm | Federated Farmers
It may be a case of eighth trading event lucky, but the small uplift in today’s GlobalDairyTrade auction result will not have farmers breaking open the silver top just yet. More >>
Federated Farmers mourns the passing of its chairperson
Thursday, 16 October 2014, 11:41 am | Federated Farmers
Members of Federated Farmers Wanganui are saddened by the untimely death of its Dairy Industry Chairman, Tony Rogers. More >>
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 >>
