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Mid-Canterbury enjoys a direct relationship between water use and employment, says Federated Farmers.

Federated Farmers says its ‘Farmers’ Manifesto’ challenges political parties in the upcoming general election to take a “sensible, practical and affordable” approach to tackling issues of high importance to its members.

Dairy leaders have come together with other livestock and farming leaders to pledge their commitment to swimmable rivers for future generations.

Regions such as Mid-Canterbury enjoy a direct relationship between water use and employment, says Federated Farmers.

The water tax proposal by the Labour Party “is making us all fairly blimmin’ nervous isn’t it,” says Federated Farmers president and dairy farmer Katie Milne.

Call it what you like -- water tax, royalty on water use or a water use charge -- it’s an unfair proposal, another ploy by the Government to charge its coffers at the expense of the country’s hardworking farmers.

A Horizons Regional Council (HRC) report foreshadows a grim future for the economic viability of the primary sector in the region.

Floods in April and continuing rain are costing some Bay of Plenty farmers up to $700 per cow to repair damage and buy extra feed.

Federated Farmers water spokesman Chris Allen says with the absence of detail on Labour’s new water tax policy, voters will be sailing blind into the election.

Federated Farmers wants Labour to tell farmers “what numbers you have in mind."