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Farmers hope next week’s wool summit in Wellington will bring much needed action for New Zealand’s wool industry. 

Waikato Federated Farmers Vice President Jacqui Hahn is one of 15 dairy farmers chosen as New Zealand’s climate change ambassadors.

Federated Farmers president Katie Milne last month notched up one year in office. She told the recent Feds annual conference in Wellington about issues dominating her first 12 months in the role.

The A1 versus A2 debate has the potential to tear the industry apart.

Dunsandel farmer Michael Woodward may be Federated Farmers North Canterbury dairy chairman but his real passion is the angora goats he inherited from his father John.

Federated Farmers has a new board member as a result of elections held during last week’s national conference in Wellington.

Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says a wide-ranging review of dairy industry legislation isn’t an attempt by the Government to force changes to Fonterra’s constitution.

Under DIRA, all dairy companies should be required to disclose how much they pay for milk, says Lloyd Downing, a Morrinsville dairy farmer and former Waikato Federated Farmers president.

Throwing mud at New Zealand First over its comments about Fonterra would not be constructive for the dairy industry, says Federated Farmers dairy industry group chairman Chris Lewis.

NZ First should butt out of Fonterra’s business, says Lloyd Downing, a Morrinsville dairy farmer and former Waikato Federated Farmers president.