Displaying items by tag: Federated Farmers

Tuesday, 01 December 2020 09:43

Slow learners?

Our old mate does wonder about the financial acumen of brain’s trust running Federated Farmers these days!

Published in The Hound
Tuesday, 24 November 2020 14:00

Nice speech, but...

OPINION: Publisher Stuff and lobby group Federated Farmers both like to preach about their respective high-minded virtues – Stuff, about “funding journalism”, Feds about “supporting our farming communities”.

Published in Milking It
Wednesday, 18 November 2020 11:55

Ambassadors don their farm boots

It's not every day that New Zealand farmers get high ranking European diplomats through their farm gates.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 17 November 2020 05:55

A dangerous precedent

A proposal by the Timaru District Council (TDC) to extend setbacks in rural areas is raising eyebrows.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 10 November 2020 10:00

Praise for associate director scheme

Federated Farmers dairy vice chairman Richard McIntyre says the associate director scheme run by DairyNZ is awesome and he would thoroughly recommend it to anyone.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 04 November 2020 10:25

Nitrogen fertiliser ban not the answer

OPINION: Synthetic nitrogen fertiliser is suffering from a PR problem in New Zealand.

Published in Opinion
Tuesday, 03 November 2020 05:55

Red rag to a bull?

Will Labour alone be easier to deal with?

Published in General News
Tuesday, 20 October 2020 10:25

Burning hope for change

Federated Farmers is hoping for changes to the Department of Conservation's (DoC) high country grazing rules in the aftermath of two recent big wildfires in the Mackenzie Basin.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 20 October 2020 06:55

Parker refuses to bend

Southland Federated Farmers vice president Bernadette Hunt says she finds it “interesting” that Environment Minister David Parker continues to downplay the feedback on the Government’s freshwater regulations.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 13 October 2020 09:55

OAD arrives early in Southland

Some dairy farmers in Southland are already moving to once a day (OAD) milking because they don’t have sufficient good pasture on which to graze their stock.

Published in General News
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