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Labour's High Country policy has multiple flaws
Wednesday, 19 October 2011, 9:27 am | Federated Farmers
The Labour Party's policy to hike High Country property rents and drop the tenure review process in favour of direct acquisition is tantamount to confiscation Federated Farmers Board High Country liaison William Rolleston said today. More >>
Sharemilking agreement gets a major makeover
Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 9:57 am | Federated Farmers
With about 40 percent of New Zealand dairy farms operating sharemilking contracts, Federated Farmers has released its Variable Order Sharemilking Agreement 2012. This follows the Sharemilking Agreements Order 2011 being passed into legislation on 22 ... More >>
Farmers back MAF 2.0
Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 9:56 am | Federated Farmers
While it's never pleasant to see jobs disappear, Federated Farmers is buoyed by a new positive direction coming out of the merged Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry/Ministry of Fisheries. More >>
90.3% of Canterbury dairy farms not harming the environment
Monday, 17 October 2011, 11:01 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is celebrating a much improved working relationship with Environment Canterbury, which sees 90.3 percent of the region's dairy farms not harming the environment. More >>
Second consecutive food price fall shows the market works
Friday, 14 October 2011, 9:26 am | Federated Farmers
The second consecutive fall in the Food Price Index, this time by one percent, shows that the market is working to deliver fair pricing. More >>
LIC-DairyNZ impasse unacceptable
Tuesday, 11 October 2011, 10:56 am | Federated Farmers
To deliver an integrated dairy industry data network, Federated Farmers is encouraging DairyNZ to secure a solution that will benefit the entire dairy industry. More >>
Speech - The rising sun: unlocking our primary potential
Sunday, 9 October 2011, 5:08 pm | Federated Farmers
___________________________________________________________________ 9 October 2011 Basking in the rising sun: unlocking our primary potential Speech by Dr William Rolleston, Federated Farmers Vice-President, to the New Zealand Institute of Agricultural & ... More >>
Mackenzie sheep ‘stolen for a particular market’
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 10:20 pm | Federated Farmers
The Maori Party has campaigned, long and hard, for a system of Government which is cost–effective; transparent and accountability. We want to be clear from the outset. Our focus has always been that we want to see more community services and less government ... More >>
Tatua delivers a dairy cooperative trifecta
Friday, 30 September 2011, 9:34 am | Federated Farmers
Tatua dairy co-operative has pleased its 109 shareholders with an outstanding year coming from its highest ever financial surplus and milk payout. This is the third outstanding dairy cooperative result, following Fonterra last week and Westland earlier ... More >>
Westland Milk Products delivers more economic cheer
Wednesday, 28 September 2011, 10:32 pm | Federated Farmers
The dairy cooperative, Westland Milk Products, has delivered welcome cheer to the West Coast and the wider economy, with its second highest payout off revenues of over half a billion dollars. More >>
Farmers unhappy at OAG water report
Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 3:55 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is questioning what value the Office of the Auditor General report, ‘ Managing freshwater quality: challenges for regional councils’ , will add to informed debate. More >>
Dairy industry looks forward to working with Fonterra's CEO
Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 10:34 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers wishes new Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings the best of luck and looks forward to looks forward to building on the already strong working relationship between the cooperative and the Federation. More >>
Meat and fibre exports show industry strength
Monday, 26 September 2011, 4:19 pm | Federated Farmers
A boost in agricultural exports at a traditionally quiet time of year has proved the economic worth of the country’s meat and fibre industries. Statistics New Zealand’s Overseas Merchandise Trade results for August show overall there was a $313 million ... More >>
Fonterra full-year result benefits all
Thursday, 22 September 2011, 1:34 pm | Federated Farmers
Fonterra Cooperative Group’s full-year revenue results of just under $20 billion will financially benefit all New Zealanders. The Federation is full of praise for the New Zealand owned and controlled cooperative’s staff and management. More >>
A green economy is paying our way in the world
Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 4:24 pm | Federated Farmers
Agriculture lies at the heart of the real green New Zealand economy that is not just helping to pay New Zealand’s way in the world today, but with research and innovation, is ideally suited to grow the economy into the future as today’s balance of payments ... More >>
Sir Michael Fay led bid for the former CraFarm’s
Wednesday, 21 September 2011, 12:12 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has welcomed a Sir Michael Fay led group upping its bid for the 16 former CraFarms, as being the best opportunity to keep these farms in New Zealand hands. Yet Federated Farmers also believes that the application by China’s Shanghai ... More >>
Agricultural vehicle transport regulations review ‘spot on’
Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 3:35 pm | Federated Farmers
As agricultural vehicles spend most of their time off-road but only briefly on-road, Federated Farmers is pleased the Government is to comprehensively review transport regulations relating to agricultural vehicles. More >>
ETS panel and Government listen to Federated Farmers
Thursday, 15 September 2011, 5:13 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers sees many of the key points it has advocated for reflected in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) review panel’s report. More >>
Select Committee Milk Inquiry ‘a parliament too early’
Thursday, 15 September 2011, 12:44 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has told the Commerce Select Committee Inquiry into milk prices, that an inquiry is premature given the work being undertaken by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), Ministry of Economic Development and The Treasury. More >>
Irrigation joins a fresh start for water
Wednesday, 14 September 2011, 5:34 pm | Federated Farmers
The Irrigation Acceleration Fund will help transform and future proof New Zealand agriculture on the same day another fund, the ‘Fresh Start for Fresh Water Clean Up Fund’, will help communities remedy the legacy of the past. More >>
