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Public invited to ‘Farming in Drought’ Farm Days
Sunday, 10 March 2013, 12:41 pm | Federated Farmers
Special ‘Farming in Drought’ Farm Days will be held in Wellington (Sunday 17 March), Rotorua (Sunday 17 March) and Tauranga (Sunday 24 March). Free and open to the public, they are intended to show how farmers and farms cope with drought. More >>
Adverse event drought information
Friday, 8 March 2013, 2:29 pm | Federated Farmers
The Ministry for Primary Industries has added South Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Hawkes Bay to Northland as areas affected by a medium scale adverse event (drought). Given conditions as far afield as the South Island’s West Coast, Federated Farmers ... More >>
Manawatu and Rangitikei farmers request drought status
Thursday, 7 March 2013, 2:19 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers Manawatu-Rangitikei yesterday pressed for a medium scale adverse event to be declared due to drought. A formal declaration is anticipated next week. More >>
Dollar versus Drought
Thursday, 7 March 2013, 11:02 am | Federated Farmers
Dollar versus Drought Bruce Wills is the president of Federated Farmers and a version was published in the Dominion Post Drought is a low point for any farmer and passing drizzle on the day Hawke’s Bay requested drought be declared seemed like nature’s ... More >>
Upper North Island officially in drought
Wednesday, 6 March 2013, 10:39 am | Federated Farmers
MEDIA RELEASE Upper North Island officially in drought The declaration of a medium scale adverse event drought declaration will provide some relief for upper North Island Farmers who have been waiting in vain for rain, Federated Farmers Waikato ... More >>
Proposed RMA Reforms Seem The Real Deal
Wednesday, 6 March 2013, 10:00 am | Federated Farmers
MEDIA RELEASE FREEPHONE 0800 327 646 I WEBSITE WWW.FEDFARM.ORG.NZ ___________________________________________________________________ 6 March 2013 Proposed RMA Reforms Seem The Real Deal After analysing the discussion document released late last week on the Resource Management Act (RMA), Federated ... More >>
Drought hit farmers should seek help with tax planning
Friday, 1 March 2013, 8:12 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers president Bruce Wills is urging all farmers in areas declared official drought zones to talk to their accountants following today’s announcement that Inland Revenue will exercise its income equalisation discretions to help affected ... More >>
Back PGP or else
Friday, 1 March 2013, 3:41 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is warning New Zealand’s levy paying meat farmers that if the Primary Growth Partnership vote fails, farmers will be throwing away scientific investments vital for its future. A theme also put forward by Jeanette Maxwell in a hard hitting ... More >>
Grain farmers step up to meet stock feed needs
Friday, 1 March 2013, 10:47 am | Federated Farmers
With the availability of supplementary feed in the North Island becoming tight due to extremely dry conditions, Federated Farmers Grain & Seed is promoting New Zealand feed grains and straw as a major supplementary feed solution. More >>
Auditor-General report sets the right direction
Thursday, 28 February 2013, 6:51 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers welcomes the audit by the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) on the Ministry for Primary Industries biosecurity preparedness and response activities, particularly relating to Food and Mouth (FMD) disease. More >>
Drought makes high New Zealand dollar unjustifiable
Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 5:20 pm | Federated Farmers
With widespread dry conditions and the first adverse event declaration in Northland related to drought, Federated Farmers believes there is no justification for the high New Zealand dollar. More >>
Farmers Welcome Drought Declaration
Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 3:47 pm | Federated Farmers
MEDIA RELEASE FREEPHONE 0800 327 646 I WEBSITE WWW.FEDFARM.ORG.NZ ___________________________________________________________________ 27 February 2013 Farmers Welcome Drought Declaration The adverse event declaration in Northland recognises Northland’s farms are in a bad way but that they are not ... More >>
Federated Farmers awaits examination of swaps
Wednesday, 27 February 2013, 9:32 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has asked the Commerce Commission to look into the selling of debt finance instruments known as ‘swaps’. This formal request was made last November. More >>
Leferink: Death by a thousand regulations
Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 5:41 pm | Federated Farmers
Speech by Willy Leferink, Federated Farmers Dairy chairperson, to Federated Farmers 2013 Dairy Council at the Copthorne Bay of Islands Hotel, Paihia on 20 February 2013 More >>
St John says thanks to Federated Farmers
Tuesday, 26 February 2013, 4:25 pm | Federated Farmers
A $54,000 grant to St John from Federated Farmers will help the organisation continue its important community work. More >>
Animal Cruelty Has No Place In The Dairy Industry
Friday, 22 February 2013, 12:27 pm | Federated Farmers
MEDIA RELEASE FREEPHONE 0800 327 646 I WEBSITE WWW.FEDFARM.ORG.NZ ___________________________________________________________________ 22 February 2013 Animal Cruelty Has No Place In The Dairy Industry Following recent court cases, Federated Farmers, industry body DairyNZ and the New Zealand Veterinary ... More >>
Dairy is Sustainable and with a big ‘S’ too
Wednesday, 20 February 2013, 2:44 pm | Federated Farmers
On 31 May 2014, when Federated Farmers looks back on the 2013/14 season, 90 percent of New Zealand’s dairy cattle will have been excluded from waterways with 100 percent excluded from wetlands. By 2017, both figures will be 100 percent. More >>
Better Lake Rotorua = Farmers + Community + Councils
Monday, 18 February 2013, 4:38 pm | Federated Farmers
A “third way” to better water quality is the promise of the Lake Rotorua Primary Producers Collective signed between Federated Farmers, Te Arawa and councils. More >>
A time for traceable New Zealand beef to deliver
Thursday, 14 February 2013, 4:42 pm | Federated Farmers
With New Zealand beef traceable under the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) scheme, Federated Farmers believes the current horsemeat scandal in Europe provides an opportunity for NAIT to deliver on its value-add promise for our farmers. More >>
Goats Chuffed, Not Gruff
Thursday, 14 February 2013, 4:27 pm | Federated Farmers
MEDIA RELEASE FREEPHONE 0800 327 646 I WEBSITE WWW.FEDFARM.ORG.NZ _______________________________ 14 February 2013 Goats Chuffed, Not Gruff An agreement among various producer representatives to have equal representation on the Federated Farmers Goats Industry Group means ... More >>
