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Federated Farmers says the health and safety changes announced this week by the Government represent the start of overdue reforms.

OPINION: Feds Southland 'pres' Jason Herrick and colleagues who continue the good fight against bureaucratic madness on behalf of farmers, have had another win - for now, at least - getting a court decision granting a 'stay' on rules in the Southland Water and Land Plan until changes can be made to section 70 of the RMA by central goverment, somtheing they clearly signaled after the election.

Unnecessary box ticking and red tape are set to go under the Government's new RMA reforms - much to the delight of farmers.

Federated Farmers says it welcomes a recent court decision which granted a stay on rules in the Southland Water and Land Plan until legislative changes can be made by government.

Milk production is up nationally, despite drought conditions beginning to bite in some districts, according to the latest update from Fonterra.

There are calls for the Reserve Bank to drop its banking capital rules, which Federated Farmers says is costing farmers a fortune.

OPINION: Federated Farmers' latest farmer confidence survey results won’t surprise too many people.

Commodity prices and interest rates play a huge role in shaping farmer confidence, but these factors are beyond their control, says Federated Farmers dairy chair Richard McIntyre.

Buoyed by a survey showing farmer confidence rising to its highest level in over a decade, Federated Farmers says it's not taking its foot off the pedal.

Federated Farmers meat and wool chair, Toby Williams says what the Government has effectively signed up for is a decade more of planting pine trees on productive land because that’s the only way for our country to achieve such a steep reduction.