Displaying items by tag: Federated Farmers
Farm Days to educate next generation
Federated Farmers Manawatu-Rangitikei is launching its own Farm Day program to educate the next generation and the urban community.
Feds want overseas investment audit
FEDERATED FARMERS has added its support to Labour MP Stuart Nash's call for an audit of overseas investment in New Zealand.
Don’t undervalue your workers
Much comment surfaces in the media about how much farmers should be paying staff and whether they are paying enough.
Payout clawback on the cards
FOR THE first time in the cooperative’s history, Fonterra could be forced to clawback payout as dairy markets continue to slide.
‘Farmers will struggle’
FEDERATED FARMERS dairy president Andrew Hoggard says many farmers will struggle to meet the milk cooling regulations proposed by MPI.
Feds look at ‘refresh’ for more cohesion
FEDERATED FARMERS is undergoing a ‘strategy refresh’, as revealed to Rural News by president William Rolleston at the national council meeting in Wellington last month. It involves discussions with all provincial presidents, assisted by a management consultant.
‘A blow to the industry’
FEDERATED FARMERS Dairy chairman Andrew Hoggard has described the lowest auction in five years as "a blow to the industry" as hopes of a lift or at least continued plateau in prices were dashed.
Feds, Landcorp plan water talks
LANDCORP AND Federated Farmers plan to talk in the next few weeks about issues including water allocation in the upper Waikato catchment.
Farmers slam Air New Zealand
Feds fear water allocation issues
FEDERATED FARMERS is to discuss with Landcorp the possibility that as many as 60 dairy farmers in the Upper Waikato River catchment may not have enough water to wash down their dairy sheds.