Displaying items by tag: CHRIS ALLEN

OPINION: Expect some big changes in the Federated Farmers leadership team at their annual meeting next month.

Federated Farmers say that while the latest draft of the National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity (NPS-IB) is a significant improvement, its success is undermined by a lack of funding on Budget 2022 to assist private landowners.

Chris Lewis, a Feds national board member and spokesman on immigration and labour issues for the past two years, will leave at its annual meeting in Auckland early July.

A war of words over flood relief funding following the May floods in Canterbury is “most unnecessary”.

Fix Overseer! That's the message from farmers following a scathing Government review into the nutrient management tool's efficacy.

Every fence running at right angles to the river and some running parallel, have some degree of damage, says Mid Canterbury farmer and Fed Farmers national board member Chris Allen.

Federated Farmers says the government is finally acknowledging it has released freshwater regulations that will not work on farms.

The government’s new freshwater laws, signed off this week, have the potential to create significant unnecessary costs for ratepayers, farmers and entire communities, Federated Farmers says.

Federated Farmers says it is “puzzled and frustrated” by the Ministry for the Environment’s (MfE) failure to immediately release the peer review of Essential Freshwater nutrient band technical reports.

Farmers must stay active and engaged with the submission process, says Federated Farmers environment and water spokesman Chris Allen.