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Federated Farmers say the new Natural and Built Environment Bill and Spatial Planning Bill will make resource management issues worse and should be withdrawn.

Federated Farmers is urging motorists and agricultural machinery operators to show each other care and understanding amid the harvest season.

Federated Farmers is calling for a government inquiry into the factors that contributed to recent flooding and smashed infrastructure in the Gisborne region during Cyclone Hale.

Federated Farmers are calling on the government to establish an inquiry into the factors that contributed to flooding and the destruction of infrastructure in the Gisborne/Tairāwhiti region during ex-tropical Cyclone Hale earlier this month.

A survey of nearly 1,200 farming businesses by Federated Farmers has shown that farmers are being squeezed by rising interest rates, with debt or other financial concerns eroding mental wellbeing.

Be prepared for a bumpy ride in 2023.

Reaction to the latest missive from the Government is somewhat muted and there appears to be a sense of suspicion of where emissions pricing may end.

The hunt is on for the latest crop of innovators who have helped lift New Zealand’s reputation for producing high quality foods and fibres to even greater heights.

Rising interest rates are weighing heavily on the minds of many farmers this year, according to the latest Federated Farmers Banking Survey.

New Zealand farmer confidence - which was already at low levels - has plummeted further and now sits at an historical low.