Displaying items by tag: Federated Farmers

Federated Farmers says changes to drinking water rules announced today are a major win for farmers, rural communities, and common sense.

OPINION: Federated Farmers' latest Farm Confidence survey brings little comfort to the farming sector.

Most New Zealand regions are now calving or about to calve and if the good weather continues, the signs point to a good season.

Federated Farmers is calling for transparency from Otago Regional Council amid a debate over proposed freshwater rules.

OPINION: After Jacinda Ardern and Labour were asked to form the government following the 2017 elections, Federated Farmers sent an email out to its executives asking if any of them had a working relationship with any Labour MPs. The answer was no one did.

Farmer confidence has fallen despite the new Government repealing and rewriting some contentious regulations.

Former Federated Farmers immigration spokesman and Waikato farmer Chris Lewis is questioning Immigration New Zealand's (INZ) accredited employer scheme.

Dairy farming leader Richard McIntyre is contesting the 2024 DairyNZ director elections.

OPINION: Recently several Labour MPs, including leader Chris Hipkins and deputy leader Carmel Sepuloni spent two days in Waikato with representatives of DairyNZ, Beef+Lamb NZ, Federated Farmers, Groundswell and Rural Women NZ among others.

Dairy farmers claim they're often waiting six months for decisions on visa applications for overseas farm workers.