Displaying items by tag: Federated Farmers

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ), Federated Farmers, DairyNZ, and Deer Industry New Zealand (DINZ) say while they support the use of farm plans as a tool, they have concerns about the implementation and short timeframes the Government is working to.

Federated Farmers dairy chair Richard McIntyre says the farmer organisation welcomes recently announced changes to immigration settings.

National's plan to delay agriculture's inclusion in an emissions trading scheme has been applauded by farmers.

New Waikato Federated Farmers president Keith Holmes believes farmers are being progressively starved out of existence.

The National Party’s plan for reducing agricultural emissions, released yesterday, has been praised by many in the sector.

OPINION: As your old mate - as well as many in the sector - expected, the Budget had nothing in it for the country's all-important primary sector.

A strong field of finalists are lined up for the 2023 Primary Industry NZ Awards.

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is calling for a slow down on new regulations being heaped on the farming sector.

A slew of farming sector leaders linked to Federated Farmers are contesting the upcoming general election.

OPINION: The Hound reckons former Fed Farmers president Andrew Hoggard's move to stand for the Act Party at this year's election had to have been the worst kept secret in NZ agri-circles.