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Fire risk in Canterbury and Marlborough
Friday, 11 January 2013, 5:28 pm | Federated Farmers
The events in Canterbury over the past two days mean we are dealing with tinderbox conditions with a lot of fuel after the flush of spring/early summer growth. More >>
Summer rains put a smile on the face of most farmers
Friday, 11 January 2013, 10:35 am | Federated Farmers
With Southland drenched and the West Coast battered by a second week of storms, Federated Farmers believes much of New Zealand’s farmland has benefitted from summer rain excepting Hawke’s Bay and parts of Gisborne. More >>
Labour spokesperson’s quad confusion gets it sort of right
Thursday, 10 January 2013, 10:28 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers welcomes the belated support of Labour to reclassify quad bikes as agricultural vehicles, given the Federation has lobbied for this change. More >>
Little West Coast milk being lost
Monday, 7 January 2013, 8:39 am | Federated Farmers
While some West Coast dairy farmers caught up in storms last week have had to dispose of uncollected milk in an environmentally responsible way, Federated Farmers believes contingency planning by Westland Milk Products has saved most from loss. More >>
Ministry needs recreational quad bike focus
Friday, 4 January 2013, 11:02 am | Federated Farmers
Farmers are taking quad bike safety seriously, but the latest incident in the Hawke’s Bay, again highlights this message is not getting through to recreational users. More >>
Farming ‘Gangnam-style’
Sunday, 30 December 2012, 9:09 pm | Federated Farmers
30 December 2012 Farming ‘Gangnam-style’ makes Federated Farmers top-10 A video made by American farmers, as a parody of the ‘Gangnam style’ phenomenon, has made Bruce Wills top-10 farming memories for 2012. “Can I take my hat off to those ... More >>
Lets take the lid off our Cities
Sunday, 30 December 2012, 11:19 am | Federated Farmers
New Zealand is a big country – at 268,000 square Kms we are bigger than the United Kingdom; we are 67% the size of Germany, 72% the size of Japan. Our coast line is longer than both mainland USA and mainland China. More >>
Recreational quad bike death
Friday, 28 December 2012, 11:42 am | Federated Farmers
The tragic death in Southland involving a quad bike underscores that not all accidents and fatalities involving these bikes are ‘farm related’. More >>
Dr William Rolleston: Otago Graduation Address
Thursday, 20 December 2012, 5:14 pm | Federated Farmers
Graduation is a special time – another step in the journey and a point where you once again move from the familiar to the unfamiliar. It is a time of various personal emotions often all rolled into one. More >>
Canterbury Earthquake Awards recognises the Farmy Army
Wednesday, 19 December 2012, 5:28 pm | Federated Farmers
Key members of Federated Farmers’ Farmy Army were recognised last evening at the Canterbury Earthquake Awards. More >>
Fonterra Protection Voted In
Monday, 17 December 2012, 4:53 pm | Federated Farmers
MEDIA RELEASE FREEPHONE 0800 327 646 I WEBSITE WWW.FEDFARM.ORG.NZ 17 December 2012 Fonterra Protection Voted In Federated Farmers has welcomed the 89.51 percent vote in favour of constitutional safeguards around Trading Among Farmers (TAF). “We ... More >>
Game Animal Council one step closer
Monday, 17 December 2012, 10:33 am | Federated Farmers
Game Animal Council one step closer A Game Animal Council (GAC) for hunters of deer, tahr, chamois and wild pigs is one step closer, following the release last week of the Local Government and Environment Select Committee’s report on the Bill. “Maybe ... More >>
The Environmental Sheep And Beef Farmer
Friday, 14 December 2012, 3:00 pm | Federated Farmers
14 December 2012 The Environmental Sheep And Beef Farmer Federated Farmers has welcomed Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s refreshed Land and Environment Planning Toolkit, having attended its launch in Christchurch today. “Federated Farmers believes it is vital ... More >>
$2.5 million for irrigation project welcome potential boost
Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 5:32 pm | Federated Farmers
The government’s announcement that it is funding half of the $2.5 million Wairarapa Water Use Project to investigate the feasibility of developing water storage, alongside the Greater Wellington Regional Council, is warmly welcomed by Federated Farmers. More >>
Producers and food processors call for trade liberalisation
Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 4:18 pm | Federated Farmers
Farmers and food processors from Australia, New Zealand and Canada are calling on Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries to conclude a 21st century trade agreement in 2013 that liberalises trade across all goods and services. More >>
Fonterra revision good news before Christmas
Monday, 10 December 2012, 4:23 pm | Federated Farmers
Fonterra’s dairy farmer supplier-shareholders are welcoming an early Christmas gift, with the cooperative lifting its 2012/13 forecast payout by 25 cents per kilogram of milk solids (kg/MS). More >>
TPP: Australia and NZ Agricultural Bodies Call For Action
Tuesday, 4 December 2012, 11:43 am | Federated Farmers
4 December 2012 TPP: Australia and New Zealand Agricultural Bodies Call For Action On Trade The peak agricultural bodies of New Zealand and Australia have united in calling for a truly comprehensive and generally liberalising Trans Pacific Partnership ... More >>
TPP: Agricultural bodies call for action on trade
Tuesday, 4 December 2012, 11:34 am | Federated Farmers
4 November 2012 TPP: Australia and New Zealand agricultural bodies call for action on trade The peak agricultural bodies of New Zealand and Australia have united in calling for a truly comprehensive and generally liberalising Trans Pacific Partnership ... More >>
Rural recycling revolution
Tuesday, 4 December 2012, 11:26 am | Federated Farmers
4 December 2012 Rural recycling revolution The uptake of on-farm recycling has received a major boost with Federated Farmers and the Agrecovery Foundation, actively joining forces to increase farmer involvement in the Agrecovery recycling programme. “Federated ... More >>
More Kiwis needed to grow NZ exports
Sunday, 2 December 2012, 4:44 pm | Federated Farmers
Recently, the International Herald Tribune supposedly blew the lid on New Zealand's ‘clean green 100% Pure' brand. That New Zealanders don't do moderation is evident in the comments extracted by the journalist who wrote it. More >>
