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Organisers behind the Farmy Army, a clean-up group operating in flood-ravaged Southland are calling for volunteers.

Farmer confidence is up but they doubt general economic conditions will improve this year, says Federated Farmers.

Federated Farmers vice president Andrew Hoggard will be standing for president of the farmer lobby at this year’s annual meeting in June.

Federated Farmers vice president, Andrew Hoggard says some dairy farmers are trapped with debt.

Farmers have welcomed the Provincial Growth Fund’s decision to put $7.11 million into creating a sustainable water supply for Wairarapa.

New Zealand farming leaders are in close contact with their Australian counterparts as bushfires ravage farms across the ditch.

The New Zealand order of merit awarded to Tirau farmer Tony Wilding in the New Years Honours List has been hailed by sharemilkers.

The government’s launch this week of a strategy for the future of farming will encourage farmers, says Federated Farmers president Katie Milne.

News that farmers are feeling the pressure from banks is unsurprising.

Farmers are feeling the pressure from banks.