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Farmers must follow directives from their processors on sustainability or risk losing markets for their products, says Waikato Federated Farmers executive Richard Myers.

While the new Coalition Government hopes to make fast progress in its first 100 days on key commitments made during the election campaign, farmers are hoping that ministers are clear about the primary sector’s priorities.

Farmers have given the incoming Government the tick of approval.

Northland Federated Farmers is calling on farmers to take action over Northland's District Council's proposed freshwater plan.

Dairy farming leader Richard McIntyre claims LIC has fallen short of its moral obligation to farmers, who recently received bad sire semen from the herd improvement company.

Farmers have given the incoming Government the tick of approval.

Federated Farmers policy team staff reductions haven't just been about saving money or reducing headcount, chief executive Terry Copeland claims.

All farmers will be worse off if planned reductions in Federated Farmers' policy team proceed.

Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford says Greenpeace has shown itself as an anti-farming lobby by criticising Fonterra’s new on-farm emissions targets.

When the new National-led government is finally formed there will be a long list waiting for it to action from the primary industries sector.