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New trade deal and primary exports supercharge economy
Monday, 2 December 2013, 3:44 pm | Federated Farmers
A day after major tariff cuts came into effect between New Zealand and Chinese Taipei, Statistics New Zealand has confirmed New Zealand’s terms of trade are at their highest levels since 1973, the year Britain joined the European Union. More >>
Good things take time
Friday, 29 November 2013, 4:34 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers are thrilled by the recognition Otago farmers received at the first New Zealand River Awards last night, with two rivers as finalists and the Shag River taking the prize for most improved river in New Zealand. More >>
Tensions over UFB costs could affect rural broadband
Friday, 29 November 2013, 2:59 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is concerned that the Commerce Commission ruling may delay the rollout of the vital Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI). More >>
Exporting New Zealand forward
Wednesday, 27 November 2013, 1:00 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is buoyed by surging primary exports that has turned in the lowest trade deficit for an October month since the mid-1990s. More >>
Jeanette Maxwell: Federated Farmers 2013 Meat & Fibre Counci
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 3:40 pm | Federated Farmers
Keynote speech by Jeanette Maxwell, Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre Chairperson, to Federated Farmers 2013 Meat & Fibre Council, Federated Farmers, Wellington. More >>
Farmers welcome the PCE’s water contribution
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 11:24 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has welcomed the report of Dr Jan Wright, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, entitled, Water quality in New Zealand: Land use and nutrient pollution and is offering to help ground truth some of the modelled assumptions. More >>
Keep it clean to keep New Zealand clean
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 7:05 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has joined with the National Pest Control Agencies to promote farmgate biosecurity with a hygiene guideline and logbook for farm machinery called “Keep it Clean.” More >>
Federated Farmers’ simplify hiring migrants
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 10:02 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has produced a practical all in one electronic document to help dairy farmers to navigate and simplify the process for dairy farmers to hire migrant workers. More >>
Dairy farmers show they can deliver
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 6:21 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers commends its dairy farmers and Fonterra for the effort that has gone in to fencing off 20,400km of farm waterways. More >>
Farmers sign landmark agreement with foresters
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 3:58 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers, together with the New Zealand Forest Owners Association the New Zealand Farm Forestry Association have today signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build the relationship between foresters and farmers. More >>
Keep it clean - Federated Farmers
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 11:40 am | Federated Farmers
Keynote address by Bruce Wills, Federated Farmers President, to Federated Farmers 2013 National Council, Federated Farmers, Wellington. More >>
Red meat farmers seek 4.4 million cheerleaders
Friday, 15 November 2013, 4:28 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers believes the New Zealand consumer needs to become central to New Zealand’s multi-billion dollar red meat industry. More >>
Hot to trot farmer makes trotting history
Wednesday, 13 November 2013, 12:38 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is saluting the success of arable and sheep farmer, Ricky May, who made the history books yesterday in the Christchurch Casino New Zealand Trotting Cup. More >>
Federated Farmers welcomes coronial recommendations
Tuesday, 12 November 2013, 9:33 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is welcoming recommendations contained in Coroner Shortland’s written findings on quad bike related deaths in 2010 and 2011. More >>
A new start for freshwater management
Thursday, 7 November 2013, 3:35 pm | Federated Farmers
Farmers are welcoming proposed amendments to the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management, released today in Wellington. More >>
Farmers urged to vote in historic meat coop elections
Wednesday, 6 November 2013, 2:59 pm | Federated Farmers
Given strong moves to restructure New Zealand’s red meat sector, Federated Farmers is describing the director elections for Silver Fern Farms and Alliance Group as historic. More >>
Kingi Smiler named Agribusiness person of the year
Friday, 1 November 2013, 4:00 pm | Federated Farmers
Prominent Maori businessman Kingi Smiler, responsible for some breakthrough developments in Maori agri-business, has been named Agribusiness Person of the Year by Federated Farmers. He joins an elite list that includes Dr John Penno (Synlait), Sir Graeme ... More >>
Bruce Wills is National President of Federated Farmers
Friday, 1 November 2013, 10:38 am | Federated Farmers
The challenge with agriculture is that our industry is heavily reliant on factors that are out of our control. The weather, exchange rates and commodity prices are all very important parts of our business, but they are things we have little or no ... More >>
Five Nuffield Farming Scholars named for 2014
Friday, 1 November 2013, 10:00 am | Federated Farmers
Five new names have been added to the historic list of Nuffield Scholars in New Zealand. More >>
Progress for irrigation in Otago and Rangitikei
Thursday, 31 October 2013, 11:24 am | Federated Farmers
“The Government’s $850,000 investment into the Central Otago and Rangitkei projects, through their Irrigation Acceleration Fund, will go a long way to improving these provinces economically and socially. It also bodes well for getting it right from ... More >>
