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A huge reduction in ACC claims from on-farm accidents over the last five years is due to thousands of small, practical decisions being made in sheds, yards, paddocks and around kitchen tables across the country, says Safer Farms ambassador Lindy Nelson.

Certainty and a clear understanding of the needs of rural communities is a critical outcome in the series of government reforms that are taking place at present.

Waikato farmers have been told that the Government’s new planning system legislation and the region’s Plan Change 1 (PC1) “won’t mesh together very well”.

Red meat farmers are using higher farmgate returns to make their farms more resilient, says Federated Farmers meat and wool industry group chair Richard Dawkins.

Newly appointed Federated Farmers vice president Sandra Faulkner says she is honoured and excited to hold the role.

New Federated Farmers president Colin Hurst says he will ensure that farmer voices are heard loud and clear wherever decisions are being made.

South Canterbury farmer Colin Hurst has been elected as the new president of Federated Farmers.

Women up and down the country are the glue that hold rural communities together, giving so much to so many, says the inaugural Rural Woman of the year award winner Kate Acland.

Waikato dairy farmer Danielle Hovmand has been named the primary sector's top emerging leader.

OPINION: Staying on Federated Farmers, this week's annual general meeting in Auckland is shaping up to be an interesting one.