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Federated Farmers Dairy elects new executive
Thursday, 3 July 2014, 11:36 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers Dairy elects new executive It’s goodbye from him and hello from me Federated Farmers’ Dairy Industry Group has elected Fielding farmer Andrew Hoggard as its new chairperson. The Federation’s dairy council also elected Waikato’s ... More >>
2014 Agri Business Person and Agri Personality named tonight
Thursday, 3 July 2014, 11:09 am | Federated Farmers
The highlight of the 2014 Vodafone/Federated Farmers Cream of the Crop Awards, will see New Zealand’s Agri Business Person and Agri Personality named tonight in Palmerston North. “We are delighted to confirm the people who have made an outstanding contribution ... More >>
New Meat & Fibre Executive
Thursday, 3 July 2014, 9:10 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers Meat and Fibre Executive have elected their new Chairperson, Rick Powdrell, and consequently elected to the Federation’s Board. “It is with great pleasure that I hand over the reigns to Rick Powdrell, who has been my vice-Chair ... More >>
Launch of Wool Levy Farmer Consultation
Wednesday, 2 July 2014, 3:27 pm | Federated Farmers
The Wool Levy Referendum Wool Grower Consultation was officially launched at Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre AGM today, in an effort to add value to the industry. “Wool should be our first choice, it is the fibre of the future and this referendum’s ... More >>
Carbon efficiency v Carbon Tax
Wednesday, 2 July 2014, 2:56 pm | Federated Farmers
The overwhelming scientific consensus is that human activity, including agriculture, plays a significant role in climate change. Yet the Green Party’s proposal to tax biological emissions is bad policy for climate change and the economy. More >>
Farmers get into the Port business
Wednesday, 2 July 2014, 12:56 pm | Federated Farmers
Three years after welcoming the formation of Kotahi, the joint freight logistics of Fonterra Cooperative Group and Silver Fern Farms, Federated Farmers South Canterbury is excited that the Port of Timaru will play a leading role in exporting South Island ... More >>
Meat & Fibre - Climbing to the top
Wednesday, 2 July 2014, 11:39 am | Federated Farmers
Speech by Jeanette Maxwell Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre Chairperson, to Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre Council at Federated Farmers AGM, Palmerston North More >>
Proud to be a dairy farmer
Wednesday, 2 July 2014, 11:36 am | Federated Farmers
Final speech of Willy Leferink, Federated Farmers Dairy chairperson, to Federated Farmers 2014 Dairy Industry Annual General Meeting, Palmerston North More >>
Rustling needs to be a specific offence
Monday, 30 June 2014, 12:42 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is asking political parties to develop policies to tackle the scourge of stock theft better known as rustling. “We know stock theft or rustling has been estimated to cost the farming community some $120 million each year,” says Katie ... More >>
Dairy farmers win NZ’s top environmental farming award
Friday, 27 June 2014, 5:12 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is praising the significant achievement of Mark and Devon Slee who were named last night the 2014 winners of the Gordon Stephenson Trophy: New Zealand’s most prestigious award for environmental farming. More >>
Amazing claptrap over wind thrown trees
Friday, 27 June 2014, 1:56 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers West Coast is staggered by the rhetoric on the Wind Thrown Trees Bill, passed under urgency last night, which allows for the recovery and use of native timber felled in Cyclone Ita. More >>
Community fundraiser in support of the Stackhouse Family
Friday, 27 June 2014, 9:10 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers and the North Otago community are holding a special fundraising sale to assist Peter and Janine Stackhouse, following the recent brutal attack on their stock. More >>
Ruataniwha final decision will take days to digest
Thursday, 26 June 2014, 4:50 pm | Federated Farmers
It will be at least several days before the Federation is in a position to comment on the final decision by the Tukituki Catchment Proposal Board of Inquiry. More >>
New Zealand’s top environmental farmer to be named in Chch
Wednesday, 25 June 2014, 4:59 pm | Federated Farmers
The winner of New Zealand’s premier award for sustainable farming, the Gordon Stephenson Trophy, will be named in Christchurch tomorrow night (26 June) at the sold-out 2014 Ballance Farm Environment Awards Sustainability Showcase. More >>
Turning nutrient laden farm water into 100% ‘PUER’ H2O
Wednesday, 25 June 2014, 2:02 pm | Federated Farmers
With regional plans increasingly looking to place limits on nutrients like nitrogen, an innovative breakthrough in the process of being commercialised illustrates how science and innovation could vastly improve agriculture’s environmental footprint. ... More >>
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 >>
