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As dry conditions continue to prevail over the country, Federated Farmers are warning farmers and the rural community against mowing roadside vegetation.

Federated Farmers Manawatu-Rangitikei is launching its own Farm Day program to educate the next generation and the urban community.

FEDERATED FARMERS has added its support to Labour MP Stuart Nash's call for an audit of overseas investment in New Zealand.

Much comment surfaces in the media about how much farmers should be paying staff and whether they are paying enough.

FOR THE first time in the cooperative’s history, Fonterra could be forced to clawback payout as dairy markets continue to slide.

FEDERATED FARMERS dairy president Andrew Hoggard says many farmers will struggle to meet the milk cooling regulations proposed by MPI.

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. 

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.

LANDCORP AND Federated Farmers plan to talk in the next few weeks about issues including water allocation in the upper Waikato catchment.

AIR NEW Zealand is under fire from farmers for pulling out of some regional routes.