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FARMERS ARE welcoming proposed amendments to the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management, released yesterday by the Government.

PROMINENT MAORI businessman Kingi Smiler, responsible for some breakthrough developments in Maori agri-business, has been named Agribusiness Person of the Year by Federated Farmers.

FEDERATED FARMERS believes the hard-hitting independent inquiry report of WPC80 for Fonterra's board delivers a series of recommendations vital for the cooperative to adopt.

FEDERATED FARMERS is helping farmers understand their rights when it comes to electricity lines on their property.

THE DEADLOCK, which has sections of the US Government shutting down, should serve as a warning to New Zealand farmers to run conservative farm budgets.

The past week has been devastating for South Island farmers and with a short sharp wintry blast hitting the far south of the South Island on Saturday and we are not out of the woods yet, says Federated Farmers.

The new Market Connections Fund is an excellent initiative to help New Zealand businesses build back their relations with overseas customers, says Federated Farmers.

RURAL ORGANISATIONS are taking steps to ensure their voices are heard at council tables nationwide after polling closes in local body elections on October 12.

Federated Farmers is working with the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), and other stakeholders to ensure that blackgrass is not established in New Zealand, following the news of a potential blackgrass incursion in mid-Canterbury.

Federated Farmers has paid tribute to David Shearer, who this afternoon resigned as the Labour leader.