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New Arable Tool Aims To Find True Costs
Thursday, 1 September 2022, 12:27 pm | Federated Farmers
Arable farmers must understand their ‘true cost’ of production to ensure continued financial viability - and Federated Farmers has a new spreadsheet designed to do exactly that. The cost of production spreadsheet offers growers a unique tool with ... More >>
South Westland Rivers Are Pristine - Told You So Says Feds
Tuesday, 30 August 2022, 2:45 pm | Federated Farmers
University of Otago research describing the water quality of South Westland rivers as pristine, despite 160 years of river flats farming, is no surprise to Federated Farmers. Feds freshwater spokesperson Colin Hurst says we already knew this, but ... More >>
Water Reform Proposals ‘Deeply Flawed’ - Feds
Wednesday, 10 August 2022, 6:03 pm | Federated Farmers
Bigger is not necessarily better - and probably won’t be in the case of the proposed new mega water services entities, Federated Farmers says. While there are problems with three waters delivery and infrastructure and change is necessary in some areas, ... More >>
Whisky In The Jar At New Zealand’s Arable Awards
Friday, 5 August 2022, 5:54 am | Federated Farmers
04 August Many would say yes to a warming single malt whisky on one of these cold winter evenings - how about one made from purple wheat, black oats, or even black barley? That’s the offer from Southland’s Auld Farm Distillery, awarded the Innovation ... More >>
Farmer Confidence Plumbs New Depth, Feds Survey Finds
Monday, 1 August 2022, 1:28 pm | Federated Farmers
In January farmer confidence was at the lowest level recorded in biannual surveys that Federated Farmers has been running since 2009. Last month’s survey found it had dropped even further. More than 1200 farmers from around New Zealand responded ... More >>
Council Candidates Deserve Searching Questions, Feds Says
Thursday, 14 July 2022, 1:43 pm | Federated Farmers
With sweeping changes facing local government, and the very existence of some councils under threat, Federated Farmers is urging rural New Zealanders to step up their interest in the election campaign this year. "The Three Waters juggernaut is gathering ... More >>
Feds Urges Extreme Vigilance On FMD
Monday, 11 July 2022, 10:42 am | Federated Farmers
As Biosecurity New Zealand continues to closely monitor the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in Indonesia, Federated Farmers is urging holiday makers to also be extremely vigilant. "Travel restrictions have eased and many families are keen ... More >>
New Vice-president For Federated Farmers
Friday, 8 July 2022, 3:49 pm | Federated Farmers
Golden Bay dairy farmer Wayne Langford has been elected vice-president of Federated Farmers at the association’s AGM in Auckland today. He will be joined on the board by three new board members, new dairy chair Richard McIntyre and two ‘at large’ ... More >>
Boy Racers Highlight Threat To Rural Community
Thursday, 7 July 2022, 12:10 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers Taranaki is concerned the increasing illegal congregations of boy-racers in rural areas has heightened the threat of crime to people and livestock. "Farmers are increasingly frustrated and disappointed by what appears to little ... More >>
NZ’s Primary Industries Innovators, Leaders Recognised
Thursday, 7 July 2022, 5:51 am | Federated Farmers
Primary industries trailblazers - from scientists breeding low-methane emitting sheep to designers/makers of world-leading milking equipment and a team that diverted produce from being wasted to foodbanks during COVID lockdowns - have been honoured ... More >>
Federated Farmers And NZ Thoroughbred Breeders Saddle Up For Mutual Benefit
Monday, 4 July 2022, 9:44 am | Federated Farmers
A new partnership between Federated Farmers of NZ and the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Association (NZTBA) underlines the commitment of both organisations to helping their members be front-runners in caring for their animals and land. "Farmers ... More >>
Feds Slams Miserly EU Meat And Dairy Quotas
Friday, 1 July 2022, 10:27 am | Federated Farmers
The trade deal with the EU is a slap in the face for New Zealand farmers, Federated Farmers says. "That the Europeans’ protectionist mindset on livestock products remains entrenched is sadly not a surprise but the very small quotas agreed are considerably ... More >>
Honouring The Arable Sector’s Tall Poppies
Thursday, 30 June 2022, 1:08 pm | Federated Farmers
New Zealand’s arable industry is on the hunt for its ‘tall poppies’ - not to chop them down but to celebrate their achievements and to inspire others. "We’re a sector that generates $800 million of sales a year, $260m of that in exports, and ... More >>
Forestry Amendment Bill Fails To Achieve Fairness
Wednesday, 29 June 2022, 2:45 pm | Federated Farmers
New rules fall short of delivering a level playing field when overseas investors buy our farmland for forestry, Federated Farmers says. It’s a "step in the right direction" to scrap the much-criticised special forestry test, Feds Gisborne-Wairoa ... More >>
Feds: Biodiversity Budget Support Falls Woefully Short
Thursday, 9 June 2022, 1:29 pm | Federated Farmers
While the latest draft National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity (NPS-IB) is a significant improvement its success is undermined by woeful funding in Budget 2022 to assist private landowners, Federated Farmers says. Only $20 million of the ... More >>
Feds Relieved By Common Sense Rural Water Recommendations
Thursday, 2 June 2022, 10:30 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers sees positives in the report released this week by the Rural Supplies Technical Working Group on water services, in particular rejection of inflexible ‘one size fits all’ approaches to rural supplies. "Many of the findings ... More >>
2022 Primary Industries NZ Awards Finalists Named
Tuesday, 31 May 2022, 11:01 am | Federated Farmers
Projects, teams and innovations as diverse as low methane-emitting sheep, a constructed wetlands uptake campaign, and a foodbank fruit and vegetable box initiative during the COVID lockdown are among finalists for the nation’s premier primary industries ... More >>
Feds Pleased To See Emissions Tech Talk Backed With Investment
Monday, 16 May 2022, 1:43 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is pleased the government has recognised solutions to agricultural emissions lie in new technologies and tools, and is stepping up investment on that front. "Nitrate and methane inhibitors, gene editing, animals bred for their ... More >>
Inflexible FPAs Are ‘A Solution Looking For A Problem’
Monday, 9 May 2022, 11:42 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is joining the fight against yet another case of politicians intruding with unnecessary, inflexible, one-size-fits-all legislation - this time over workers’ wages and conditions. "There’s nothing fair about so-called Fair Pay Agreements," ... More >>
Biosecurity Funding Increase A Sensible Move
Thursday, 5 May 2022, 2:45 pm | Federated Farmers
An $111 million injection for biosecurity in the May Budget is a pragmatic acknowledgement of how vital it is to our economy we stop pest organisms at our borders, Federated Farmers says. "This extra money shows an appreciation by the government pest ... More >>
