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Farmers are being urged to get involved in the upcoming local authority elections.

Hill country farmers are daft if they put their heads in the sand and ignore the prospect of central and local government regulations having an impact on their farming operations.

Federated Farmers Dairy chairman and Manawatu farmer Andrew Hoggard recently addressed the MobileTech Conference.

Federated Farmers Dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard questions whether Fonterra is truly representing NZ values and culture.

Dairy farmers are welcoming the launch of milk price futures and options contracts.

Federated Farmers and other arable industry groups are working with MPI following the detection of blackgrass seeds.

IrrigationNZ and Federated Farmers say greater scrutiny of claims irrigation causes increased 'rumbly-gut' is needed.

It's been a good summer in Wairarapa with rain at the right times to keep grass and crops going.

Dairy industry leaders have welcomed the successful prosecution of a businessman who threatened to spike infant formula with 1080.

Fonterra doesn't believe it will take much to change the global dairy market, but it expects very little change this year.