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Federated Farmers say sharemilkers urgently need to go through partial budgets with their farm owners.

The Parliamentary Select Committee’s delay on the Health and Safety Reform Bill has led to improvements for the farming industry, say the Federated Farmers.

Federated Farmers want the government to give immediate attention to the Local Government '10 point plan' for rates reform.

We've gone from prosperity to austerity in the last 12 months. Though it’s been tough, dairy farmers can take pleasure in telling the public what they have been investing in the environment.

Farmer confidence has moved further into negative territory, as shown by the Federated Farmers’ new-season July 2015 Farm Confidence Survey.

Federated Farmers say many New Zealand dairy farmers are “going back to basics” as the downward trend in global dairy prices continues.

The first-ever warning to a sheep and beef farmer on exceeding nitrogen caps shows that Overseer is a “blunt instrument”, says Rick Powdrell, Federated Farmers meat and fibre chair.

Feds' dairy chair says farmers must be on the lookout for upcoming issues. 

Feds president William Rolleston has called for the NZ government to stand strong in the TPP negotiations. 

Retiring Radio New Zealand rural broadcaster Kevin Ikin was honoured at the Feds conference.