Displaying items by tag: Federated Farmers

Federated Farmers Gisborne-Wairoa has thrown its weight behind a campaign to get the Napier-Gisborne rail line repaired.

Be wary of apparently well-meaning surveys of flora and fauna on your land because the findings could come back to haunt you, warns a Federated Farmers national board member.

Last weekend’s sunny weather saw people turn up in droves to Federated Farmers fourth annual Farm Day. Around 5000 people came along to the six host farms in Palmerston North, Christchurch, Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Rotorua and Wellington; about 500 more people than last year.

Fonterra's decision to drop its 2011-12 forecast payout by 15c/kgMS demonstrates the trade exposed nature of our primary industries, says Federated Farmers Dairy chairman Willy Leferink.

FEDERATED FARMERS  is backing calls for Fonterra shareholders to get a second vote on the cooperative’s TAF (trading among farmers) proposal.

The choice between the carrot or the stick approaches to improve the quality of New Zealand's water is the focus of the report of 2011 New Zealand Nuffield scholar, Nicola Waugh.

Federated Farmers Farm Day is back for 2012.

While the number of agricultural deaths has fallen from 19 in 2010 to 15 in 2011, Federated Farmers is committed to bring it down still further.

HELP IS needed to pack and distribute food hampers to agencies working with Christchurch’s most vulnerable people in what Federated Farmers says will be the Farmy Army’s last operation.

THE DAYS of selling New Zealand products based solely as 'clean and green' are gone, says Federated Farmers vice president William Rolleston.