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Southland farmers are well set up for winter grazing this season, according to Federated Farmers official Jason Herrick.

NZ farmer confidence in the general economic state of the country has hit an all-time low.

Federated Farmers president Andrew Hoggard says departing DairyNZ chief executive Tim Mackle has led the levy group through a period of industry growth.

OPINION: Farmers are calling for orderliness and patience on roads this summer: particularly in some South Island districts where arable farmers in the middle of harvesting.

The latest Farm Confidence Survey has revealed that farmer confidence has hit yet another record low.

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Natural and Built Environment Bill and Spatial Planning Bill will make resource management issues worse and should be withdrawn.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.