Displaying items by tag: Federated Farmers

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.

Admit that you stuffed up and apologise to the people of Wairoa.

A large group of opposition politicians met agriculture sector leaders in Waikato this week in what Federated Farmers describe as building a “team ag approach”.

ACT MP and Northland dairy farmer Mark Cameron is lodging a new member’s bill that would prevent regional and district councils from regulating greenhouse gas emissions.