Displaying items by tag: Federated Farmers

Sunday, 13 December 2015 07:56

Hashtag slogans no way to fix climate change

The global climate change conference in Paris drew a record number of world leaders to the opening last week. Federated Farmers dairy industry group chair Andrew Hoggard looks at the debate.

Published in Opinion

Farmers on the East Coast of the South Island are looking to move their stock to greener pastures as the hot and dry weather conditions continue to intensify.

Published in General News
Tuesday, 08 December 2015 10:31

Idiots of the dairy world - Editorial

All those involved in this latest scandal of mistreatment of bobby calves redefine the meaning of the word idiot.

Published in Opinion

Federated Farmers is disappointed to see that SAFE has embarked on an advertising campaign in the UK.

Published in General News
Thursday, 03 December 2015 14:33

Dairy Woman of the Year reflects on role

Dairy Women's Network will be taking nominations for the 2016 Dairy Woman of the Year Award from 1 February until 11 March, 2016.

Published in General News
Monday, 30 November 2015 09:03

Shock at bobby practices of small minority

The bobby calf care practices revealed in a video by an animal rights group have appalled dairy industry bodies.

Published in General News

Farmers are offering their conditional support to the fourth report of the Land & Water Forum.

Published in General News
Thursday, 26 November 2015 16:10

Feds welcome RMA ‘cautiously’

Dairy farmers cautiously welcome the Resource Legislation Amendment Bill introduced at Parliament today, but are concerned it may not go far enough.

Published in General News

Federated Farmers has welcomed the Government's decision not to include agriculture in the scope of the Emissions Trading Scheme review.

Published in General News
Thursday, 19 November 2015 15:12

GDT drop disappointing — Feds

Federated Farmers says this morning's Global Dairy Trade auction, which delivered a third straight drop in the price index, was disappointing but not unexpected.

Published in General News
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