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FEDERATED FARMERS  is backing calls for Fonterra shareholders to get a second vote on the cooperative’s TAF (trading among farmers) proposal.

The choice between the carrot or the stick approaches to improve the quality of New Zealand's water is the focus of the report of 2011 New Zealand Nuffield scholar, Nicola Waugh.

Federated Farmers Farm Day is back for 2012.

While the number of agricultural deaths has fallen from 19 in 2010 to 15 in 2011, Federated Farmers is committed to bring it down still further.

HELP IS needed to pack and distribute food hampers to agencies working with Christchurch’s most vulnerable people in what Federated Farmers says will be the Farmy Army’s last operation.

THE DAYS of selling New Zealand products based solely as 'clean and green' are gone, says Federated Farmers vice president William Rolleston.

John Key says there needs to be a balance between encouraging agricultural production and protecting the environment.

FEDERATED FARMERS is paying tribute to Fonterra chairman Henry van der Heyden, who will step down next year.

A Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) would transform New Zealand's agriculture and economy by involving five of our top ten export partners.

FEDERATED FARMERS' election manifesto released last week is a refreshing change from the past and reflects the more professional approach to lobbying by Bruce Wills and his new board members.