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

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.

Outgoing Federated Farmers leader Chris Lewis believes successive governments have failed to give farmers the chance to resolve key issues facing the agriculture sector.

Outspoken Federated Farmers leader Chris Lewis is stepping down from the farmer lobby after 17 years of service.

Federated Farmers are joining the fight against Fair Pay Agreements (FPAs), saying they are unnecessary and inflexible.

The agriculture sector has woken to good news this morning after the Government announced a boost to the number of migrant workers allowed into the country.

Dairy farmers are being urged to put in applications for much-needed overseas workers for the upcoming calving season.

A record opening forecast milk price for next season is on the cards but dairy farmers remain wary.

Dairy farmers say they urgently need 1,500 overseas workers within the next six months.

Federated Farmers vice president Chris Lewis claims farmers won't be making much money this year, despite a record forecast milk price.