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Federated Farmers - Latest News [Page 89]

New DairyNZ Directors welcomed by Federated Farmers

Thursday, 3 November 2011, 4:27 pm | Federated Farmers

Federated Farmers is congratulating the successful candidates who have been elected to DairyNZ’s Board. More >>

Wills: The farmers manifesto

Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 3:43 pm | Federated Farmers

Speech notes by Bruce Wills, Federated Farmers President, at the launch of Federated Farmers 2011 Manifesto, Wellington Train Station, Wellington More >>

Federated Farmers 2011 Election Manifesto

Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 9:17 am | Federated Farmers

Federated Farmers has launched its own Manifesto for the 2011 General Election and unlike the political parties, isn't soliciting for votes, but wide-ranging support for policies that will advance the country economically and environmentally. More >>

Dan Carter should run our super schemes

Thursday, 27 October 2011, 2:24 pm | Federated Farmers

Right now, Dan Carter has some time on his hands. He needs something to do. We know one of Dan's great strengths is how he allocates the ball, once he receives it. Why not put him in charge of allocation in our super fund industry. He would perhaps ... More >>

Revised payout no reason to panic

Wednesday, 26 October 2011, 11:32 am | Federated Farmers

Federated Farmers says Fonterra's decision to revise down it's payout by 45 cents to $6.30 per kg of milk solids is unfortunate, but thanks the cooperative for being upfront about the situation and giving its farmers plenty of warning. More >>

Labour shows poor grasp of agricultural issues

Monday, 24 October 2011, 5:05 pm | Federated Farmers

24 October 2011 Labour shows poor grasp of agricultural issues Labour’s water policy completes a hat trick of ill conceived policy releases over the past week, highlighting a poor grasp of agricultural issues and a worrying anti-farming streak. ... More >>

Labour returns to 'Nanny State' politics

Friday, 21 October 2011, 9:41 am | Federated Farmers

Federated Farmers is concerned at the interventionist tone of much of the Labour Party's agriculture policy released yesterday. More >>

The Trade Environment: Future of WTO, beyond Doha

Thursday, 20 October 2011, 3:42 pm | Federated Farmers

20 October 2011 The Trade Environment: Future of WTO, beyond Doha TPP-regional FTA’s More >>

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 >>