Displaying items by tag: Federated Farmers
Farmers need to be bank ready
With the dairy payout remaining stubbornly low and equity positions becoming more precarious many farmers are seeing more of their bank manager, says Crowe Horwath's head of corporate agribusiness, Hayden Dillon.
Feds back pest eradication project
Federated Farmers fully backs the target to completely eradicate introduced predators from New Zealand by 2050 announced by the government.
Bumbling prices need CPR shock
Feds dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard says the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction needs some CPR to shock it back into life.
New researchers should focus on primary industry
Federated Farmers wants a plan to attract the world's top scientists to New Zealand to concentrate on those who will work on primary sector initiatives and the environment.
Feds say Kiwirail charges unfair
Federated Farmers is disappointed with Kiwirail in the manner in which it has set about implementing a new charging regime for stock access.
Feds support environment ruling
Federated Farmers supports a ruling this week in the Court of Appeal after a four year legal battle between the Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) National Trust and a property developer.
Feds rename sharemilkers section
Federated Farmers has renamed the "Sharemilker Employers' Section" to the "Sharemilker Farm Owners' Section".
Is the sun rising on a new day?
Federated Farmers Dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard spoke at the annual conference in Wellington last month. Here are excerpts from the speech.
Kiwis have no idea what’s going on
Feds pleased Ruataniwha gets another green light
Federated Farmers is pleased to see the Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme in Hawke's Bay has another green light.