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Cowbassadors take Wellington by storm
Friday, 24 May 2013, 11:17 am | Federated Farmers
Finalists from the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards (NZDIA) are taking central Wellington by storm, fundraising for Ronald McDonald House Wellington. Farmers are on the streets in force ahead of the NZDIA finals tonight under Master of Ceremonies, TV3 News’ ... More >>
Exports to China back on track
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 8:46 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is hugely relieved the meat export impasse in China has been resolved, but believes New Zealand and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) need to take a hard look in the mirror. More >>
‘Farmy Army’s’ John Hartnell Honoured
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 3:26 pm | Federated Farmers
John Hartnell, the driving force behind Federated Farmers’ ‘Farmy Army’, received the New Zealand Order of Merit today. Following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, John organised farmers from around the region, now coined the ‘Farmy Army’, to ... More >>
New president for Federated Farmers Rotorua-Taupo
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 2:47 pm | Federated Farmers
Following Federated Farmers Rotorua-Taupo Annual General Meeting, Alan Wills has been elected provincial president following the retirement of Neil Heather. “What Neil has done over the past few years will be a hard act to follow but I shall give ... More >>
Exports to China held up at the border
Monday, 20 May 2013, 5:08 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is hopeful an administrative issue affecting New Zealand meat exports to China will soon be resolved. More >>
Off-road Light Diesel Vehicle RUC Exemption Benefits Many
Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:19 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers advocacy has secured an exemption from Road User Charges (RUC) for light diesel vehicles of less than 3,500kg, which are used almost exclusively off-road. This will benefit the primary industries and potentially groups from tourism ... More >>
Ashburton Is Environment Central This Week
Monday, 20 May 2013, 9:25 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers believes Ashburton this week will become the environmental centre of New Zealand. More >>
Final Tauranga drought feed shipments unpacked
Sunday, 19 May 2013, 11:23 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers Grain & Seed has completed its final drought feed shipment into the Port of Tauranga, with containers being unpacked last Thursday for delivery in coming days. More >>
Small grazing blocks drive rural sale volumes
Friday, 17 May 2013, 4:44 pm | Federated Farmers
While Real Estate Institute of NZ (REINZ) data shows 67 more farm sales took place in the three-months to April 2013, this has been driven by the sale of smaller grazing blocks and comes with the median price per hectare falling 9.3 percent. More >>
Farmers welcome ‘steady as she goes’ Budget 2013
Thursday, 16 May 2013, 5:07 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is describing Budget 2013 as a ‘steady as she goes’ affair. While there is an increase in new operating spending, this $900 million increase is modest relative to total Government operating spending of $72 billion. More >>
Bioenergy conference highlights opportunities
Tuesday, 14 May 2013, 4:49 pm | Federated Farmers
A one-day conference in Rotorua this Thursday (16 May), supported by Federated Farmers, will take land owners through the economics of bioenergy, which could become a big part of New Zealand’s energy future. More >>
Mackenzie agreement confirms it is a working landscape
Monday, 13 May 2013, 5:08 pm | Federated Farmers
Farmers who work the Mackenzie country are central to its future and that has been recognised in the Mackenzie Agreement, which was launched on Sunday. This Agreement fundamentally recognises the iconic region to be a working rural landscape. More >>
LIC handling ‘small cow’ issue well
Monday, 13 May 2013, 3:46 pm | Federated Farmers
Having met with Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) in recent weeks, Federated Farmers is happy with the briefing it has received from LIC on the isolation of a gene responsible for small dairy cows. More >>
Farm health and safety and rural suicide high on agenda
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 4:23 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers health and safety spokesperson Jeanette Maxwell will discuss the work to improve quad bike safety on farms and, more importantly, the Federation’s steps towards reducing the rural suicide rate in FarmSafe’s rural safety conference ... More >>
Animal welfare case guilty plea welcomed
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 2:37 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers believes Milkpride admitting guilt in Rotorua today sends a strong deterrent message. “With sentencing yet to be passed we are pretty much limited to what we can say,” says Willy Leferink, Federated Farmers Dairy chairperson. More >>
McDonald’s removes the lamb from Lambton
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 12:41 pm | Federated Farmers
8 May 2013 McDonald’s removes the lamb from Lambton While Federated Farmers is saddened it understands why McDonald’s has removed lamb as a permanent item from its local menu. Federated Farmers still has big hopes this breakthrough will eventually ... More >>
Meat Industry Excellence Gisborne & Te Kuiti meetings
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 2:08 pm | Federated Farmers
Following the enormous success of its Feilding meeting, Meat Industry Excellence (MIE) is holding additional meetings in Te Kuiti and Gisborne next week. “As both Gisborne and Te Kuiti are major sheep producing areas, it is important that they ... More >>
‘Drought breaking rain’ misses those most needing it
Monday, 6 May 2013, 2:18 pm | Federated Farmers
Hard as it may seem to believe, the widespread rain which has brought flooding to Auckland and Wellington, has managed to evade the farming areas most desperate for rain. More >>
Federated Farmers back new Animal Welfare Strategy
Monday, 6 May 2013, 12:51 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is fully supporting the release of the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) Animal Welfare Strategy. More >>
EU restricts neonicotinoid crop protection products
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 2:15 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers believes enough research will be available within two years to scientifically inform New Zealand decision-making on the future use of crop protection products from the Neonicotinoid family. More >>
