Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Scoop InfoPages
This InfoPage in unregistered, if this is your news page register Federated Farmers for InfoPages here.
Federated Farmers - Latest News [Page 53]
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 >>
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 >>
