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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 >>

National Science Challenges are the new black

Thursday, 2 May 2013, 12:31 pm | Federated Farmers

Federated Farmers is delighted that New Zealand’s primary industries are well represented in New Zealand’s fiscally upsized National Science Challenges, announced yesterday by Prime Minister John Key and the Minister for Science and Innovation, the Hon Steven ... More >>

Fonterra’s Fixed Or Floating Trial While a Big Day Approache

Wednesday, 1 May 2013, 10:44 am | Federated Farmers

Fonterra Cooperative Group’s trial of a Guaranteed Milk Price (GMP) scheme comes with shareholders from tomorrow, being able to indicate how many economic rights they wish to sell to the Fonterra Shareholders’ Fund. More >>

New President for Federated Farmers Northland

Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 12:02 pm | Federated Farmers

Following Federated Farmers Northland Annual General Meeting, Roger Ludbrook has been elected provincial president following the retirement of Matthew Long. More >>

AgResearch capitalises its strengths to boost science

Monday, 29 April 2013, 8:51 pm | Federated Farmers

A mammoth $100 million investment in AgResearch’s core science resource will help boost its potential to support exports from the primary industries in reaching $60 billion by 2025, on current policy settings. More >>

MPI’s loss is LIC’s gain but Primary still comes out on top

Monday, 29 April 2013, 3:56 pm | Federated Farmers

The resignation of Wayne McNee, Ministry for Primary Industries Director-General, to take up the position of Chief Executive at Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC), will still see this talented person working in and for New Zealand’s primary industries. More >>

Federated Farmers feed operation may be approaching an end

Monday, 29 April 2013, 10:12 am | Federated Farmers

The Federated Farmers Grain & Seed led feed operation, which will have shipped some 220,000 small bale equivalents from the South Island, may soon be approaching an end. With demand beginning to slow, Federated Farmers is concerned some farmers ... More >>