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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.

Federated Farmers have announced a nine-stop rural roadshow opposing the proposed replacement for the Resource Management Act (RMA).

Former Federated Farmers president Andrew Hoggard stepped down from the role last week and was immediately announced as an ACT Party candidate for the next general elections. In his final column for the Feds, Hoggard had this to say on emissions pricing…

OPINION: Former Federated Farmers president Andrew Hoggard rocked the local political scene last week by stepping down early from his farmer leader role to announce that he will contest the next election under the ACT Party banner.

Dairy farmers in the upper North Island are worried they may need to unprofitably carry bobby calves through to higher weights if they can no longer be slaughtered.