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Farmers’ confidence is at its lowest since 2009 and it’s mostly due to the new Government, says National’s Agriculture spokesperson Nathan Guy.

DairyNZ's proposed M. bovis levy of up to 3.9c/kgMS is a lot higher than some were expecting, says Federated Farmers dairy chair Chris Lewis.

Farmers are fed up with councils treating them as cash cows.

Shaun Murray is at the coalface of New Zealand’s $1 billion export infant formula industry.

Federated Farmers last month issued an advisory on Mycloplasma bovis to all members. Here are excerpts:

This old mutt was taken aback by a vitriolic opinion piece penned in a weakly (sic) rural publication late last year by a self-important commentator named Craig Wiggins.

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.