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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).

Outspoken Federated Farmers leader Chris Lewis is stepping down from the farmer lobby after 17 years of service.

Federated Farmers and DairyNZ say they are pleased the Government is investing in new technologies and tools that could solve the agricultural emissions issue.

Farmers still have some concerns around the revised grazing regulations released last month.