Displaying items by tag: Federated Farmers

Dairy farmers in the Hawke's Bay are once again being hit by drought with Matt Wade of Federated Farmers saying it's worse than last year.

Canterbury farmer and former Federated Farmers dairy leader Willy Leferink says farmers shouldn't let banks run their businesses.

North Otago farmer Jane Smith believes continual appeasement to government by industry-good bodies is not serving the sector well and it's time for a mega-merger of primary sector advocacy groups.

Farmers want the Government to open available space in managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) to bring in much-needed workers for the primary industries.

For years, as a sheep farmer Bruce Wills spent hundreds of hours with a hand-piece cleaning up daggy sheep. Now he's spending hundreds of hours with a pair of secateurs pruning grape vines.

High Country farmers are questioning the Government’s motives and the legality of its proposed reforms to pastoral land legislation.

OPINION: After years of fighting over farming, freshwater and sustainability Federated Farmers and Fish & Game are trying to kiss and make up.

Our old mate does wonder about the financial acumen of brain’s trust running Federated Farmers these days!

OPINION: Publisher Stuff and lobby group Federated Farmers both like to preach about their respective high-minded virtues – Stuff, about “funding journalism”, Feds about “supporting our farming communities”.

It's not every day that New Zealand farmers get high ranking European diplomats through their farm gates.