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A senior Federated Farmers leader has poured cold water on suggestions that he supports a moratorium on dairy conversions.

Farmers don't want weaker environmental policies. Ten years ago we were fair game for the ‘dirty dairying’ remarks by Fish & Game, today not so much.

A new year and a slight hangover from 2014. This year starts off with a legacy of grunt work by the primary industries and stakeholders; the results I hope will begin to be realised this year.

Much comment surfaces in the media about how much farmers should be paying staff and whether they are paying enough.