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OPINION: Expect some big changes in the Federated Farmers leadership team at their annual meeting next month.

Federated Farmers is giving the thumbs up to a report released this month by the Rural Supplies Technical Working Group on water services.

Federated Farmers say that while the latest draft of the National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity (NPS-IB) is a significant improvement, its success is undermined by a lack of funding on Budget 2022 to assist private landowners.

The dairy season ended last week with a record milk price, but farmers aren't popping the champagne.

While farmer satisfaction with banks is relatively stable, many more farmers feel under pressure with costs on the rise, according to the new Federated Farmers Banking Survey.

Findings of a Rural Supplies Technical Working Group report on rural water supplies have pleased Federated Farmers.

Chris Lewis, a Feds national board member and spokesman on immigration and labour issues for the past two years, will leave at its annual meeting in Auckland early July.

Outgoing Federated Farmers leader Chris Lewis believes successive governments have failed to give farmers the chance to resolve key issues facing the agriculture sector.

OPINION: The Fair Pay Agreements (FPAs) bill proposed by Government is causing alarm in the farming sector.

West Coast dairy farmer Katie Milne is vying for the presidency of the World Farmers' Organisation (WFO).