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OPINION: Federated Farmers and its members don’t have much love for regulations-obsessed regional councils.

If there is a maize grain shortage next season, farmers will have to look for an alternative and that may not be easy.

Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford says while people are opening about mental health, there’s still disproportionately high rates of suicide and depression in rural communities.

Skewed policy, favouring forestry over farming, should be blamed for Alliance Group’s proposal to close its Timaru meatworks, says Federated Farmers.

As the judges' citation put it, anyone who has been involved in the arable industry for the past 40 years has surely met the man named to the industry's Hall of Fame at the recent Arable Awards, Greendale grower Syd Worsfold.

Last week's approval of a recapitalisation plan for troubled milk processor Synlait is good for Canterbury and gives farmer suppliers a lot of security going forward, says farmer Willy Leferink.

North Island maize grain growers are facing an uncertain future in 2025 as the country's energy crisis hits the rural sector.

This week, Federated Farmers marked a significant milestone in the organisation's history: its 125-year anniversary.

Synlait farmer suppliers are relieved to see the troubled milk processor on the road to recovery.

OPINION: Not long after I started farming, I needed some bridge stringers to cross a small, on-farm stream.