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Farmers are supporting a bill from National’s Nathan Guy to introduce harsher penalties and offences for those who deliberately contaminate food.

Farmers want the Government to back off local government in the Hauraki Gulf and let the people decide their futures.

Federated Farmers has welcomed Elizabeth Soal as the new chief executive of Irrigation New Zealand.

State farmer Landcorp has raised the ire of opposition politicians and Federated Farmers over its increasingly overt political behaviour.

Farmers’ bank satisfaction is at its lowest and their financial pressure at its highest since 2015, reveals the Federated Farmers November Banking Survey.

It's time for DairyNZ and Beef + Lamb NZ to justify their split of the eradication costs of Mycoplasma bovis.

With the lowering of the farmgate milk price comes the squeezing of margins.

Farmers, dairy product manufacturers and trade representatives in Uruguay and Argentina heard a New Zealand take on current agricultural issues last week.

One in five people interested in taking up dairy apprenticeships are from Auckland and one in three people placed in apprenticeships are women.

 Local councils may soon be required to map significant natural areas in their plans, likely impacting farmers.