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NZ hosting the RWC of biotechnology excites farmers
Tuesday, 13 September 2011, 12:40 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers believes NZBio winning the right to host the 2012 Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference to be the biotechnology equivalent of the Rugby World Cup (RWC). It presents an unbelievable opportunity to showcase New Zealand’s ... More >>
Bright future for ‘NZ Inc’ if Fonterra remains a cooperative
Monday, 12 September 2011, 5:31 pm | Federated Farmers
In an opinion editorial published on Idealog, Federated Farmers Dairy chairperson, Willy Leferink, has asked how long Fonterra would remain a New Zealand company if it was listed. “There’s a fiction that ‘mum and dad' investors would become ... More >>
Doha trade round a greater priority than climate change
Friday, 9 September 2011, 1:30 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers has backed the strongly worded communiqué issued from the Cairns Group Farm Leaders meeting in Saskatoon, Canada. The Federation’s President, Bruce Wills, is in Canada as part of the Cairns Group of 19 major agricultural exporting ... More >>
Are we going to be like the phone booth?
Wednesday, 7 September 2011, 4:17 pm | Federated Farmers
A while ago when I was in a Koru Club lounge I was stopped in my tracks by a sight that really struck me. I pulled out my smart phone and took a photo of it and then emailed it to myself. What I took a photo of was a phone booth. More >>
Being the ‘First XV’ of Biosecurity
Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 12:16 pm | Federated Farmers
With an estimated 80,000 visitors entering New Zealand for Rugby World Cup 2011, New Zealanders are being asked to become a ‘First XV’ of biosecurity. “We welcome Rugby World Cup visitors to see, taste and wear some of the best food and fibre in ... More >>
Compulsory animal ID, farmers need the where, what, whens
Monday, 5 September 2011, 5:47 pm | Federated Farmers
While Federated Farmers position on the mandatory National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) scheme is well known, the Federation must support members by ensuring they get the briefings, instruction and detail on how to be NAIT compliant by 1 July, ... More >>
Farmers welcome Fonterra’s certainty
Friday, 2 September 2011, 3:38 pm | Federated Farmers
Fonterra Cooperative Group’s confirmation its current season forecast will be held, is of relief to Fonterra’s dairy farmers. “This confirmation is welcome because just like everyone else, Fonterra’s shareholders and suppliers have been watching ... More >>
Farmers applaud 'realistic' energy strategy
Thursday, 1 September 2011, 10:28 am | Federated Farmers
"There's a refreshing realism because the New Zealand economy, as with the global economy, will be dependent on fossil fuels in the near term," says Anders Crofoot, Federated Farmers energy spokesperson. More >>
Greater Wellington's dairy farmers as compliance heroes
Tuesday, 30 August 2011, 9:48 am | Federated Farmers
In the space of three seasons, dairy farmers in the Greater Wellington region have massively lifted their performance in terms of dairy compliance. More >>
Dairy farmers hail Te Waihora rehabilitation as a template
Friday, 26 August 2011, 5:10 pm | Federated Farmers
The $11.6 million rehabilitation of Te Waihora (Lake Ellesmere) provides a positive template for the cooperative involvement of Government, Iwi, industry, councils and farmers. More >>
Federated Farmers Dairy to work with its organic members
Monday, 22 August 2011, 4:26 pm | Federated Farmers
With Fonterra downsizing its organic operation, Federated Farmers is to ask the cooperative for greater transparency while working for affected members and farmers. “Today is not a red letter day as my meeting isn’t until tonight in Palmerston North and ... More >>
Stock shelter vital says MAF and Federated Farmers
Friday, 19 August 2011, 11:26 am | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is to actively reinforce with all farmers, the vital protection shelterbelts offer to livestock. More >>
Farmers to engage positively on Livestock Tax review
Thursday, 18 August 2011, 1:35 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers will engage openly with Inland Revenue on new rules for the tax treatment of livestock. “Last October, the Minister of Revenue announced that the tax treatment of livestock will be reviewed and Federated Farmers has discussed this ... More >>
Farmers and livestock standing up to polar blast
Monday, 15 August 2011, 1:42 pm | Federated Farmers
The polar blast hitting most parts of New Zealand and expected to last for a number of days will not adversely affect livestock. “You know it’s a cold front out of the box when our staff in Wellington can compare snowfall with you in Invercargill,” ... More >>
Agriculture key to prosperity, says Finance Minister
Saturday, 13 August 2011, 3:32 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is applauding the Minister of Finance, the Hon Bill English, for highlighting primary exports as one key to future prosperity. More >>
Farmers welcome further Rural Broadband infrastructure
Thursday, 11 August 2011, 3:04 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers welcomes Communications Minister Steven Joyce’s release of two tender documents for the final Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI) contracts. . The additional contracts cover 192 schools, predominantly in zone three and also the ... More >>
Possible milk price inquiry premature and confusing
Tuesday, 9 August 2011, 12:25 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers will represent dairy farmers at any milk pricing inquiry, but with a separate interdepartmental review of Raw Milk regulations underway by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), Treasury and the Ministry of Economic Development ... More >>
Cancer study just one piece of the puzzle
Friday, 5 August 2011, 5:10 pm | Federated Farmers
Federated Farmers is interested to find out more about Massey University research around growing up on livestock farms and a possible association with increased blood cancer risks. More >>
Commerce Commission milk decision correct
Tuesday, 2 August 2011, 12:44 pm | Federated Farmers
This morning’s release of a four-month analysis by the Commerce Commission into milk pricing should dispel any notion the New Zealand consumer is being exploited. “Farmers were highly confident that the Commerce Commission would find out what ... More >>
European grain-fed beef deal, ‘great for farmers’
Thursday, 28 July 2011, 4:14 pm | Federated Farmers
Negotiations by the Hon Tim Groser, has delivered a great opportunity for the beef industry to export grain-fed beef into the European Union (EU). Not only that, it also creates added opportunities for New Zealand’s arable sector too. “It’s ... More >>
