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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 >>
Westland forecast follows Fonterra’s suit
Wednesday, 30 July 2014, 5:32 pm | Federated Farmers
The dairy cooperative, Westland Milk Products, has charted a similar course to Fonterra’s benchmark forecast released yesterday for the current 2014/15 season, by announcing a pay-out forecast of $6 to $6.40 per kilogram of Milksolids (kg/MS). More >>
Fonterra revision eats intro farm budgets
Wednesday, 30 July 2014, 11:15 am | Federated Farmers
While a downwards revision in Fonterra’s benchmark forecast for 2014/15 was widely expected, it has fallen lower than expected to be $6 per kilogram of Milk Solids (kg/MS). A dividend of 20-25 cents per share helps to soften things for a fully shared ... More >>
Why Green isn’t the best colour for water
Tuesday, 29 July 2014, 10:33 am | Federated Farmers
Why Green isn’t the best colour for water Ian Mackenzie is Federated Farmers Environment spokesperson and was on the reference group for the National Objectives Framework. An opinion is also running in the New Zealand Herald. The Green Party recently launched ... More >>
Farmers call for OCR pause as exports fall in June quarter
Friday, 25 July 2014, 10:49 am | Federated Farmers
Following yesterday’s increase in the Official Cash Rate and export data for the June quarter, Federated Farmers is relieved the OCR will likely be on hold for the remainder of 2014. More >>
Federation wins rates remission against urban sprawl
Thursday, 24 July 2014, 2:40 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is thrilled that common sense has prevailed in the Horowhenua District Council’s unanimous decision to adopt a rates remission for farms being rezoned as urban. “Due to the urban sprawl, farmers are increasingly being rezoned as urban, ... More >>
