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New Zealand First leader Winston Peters got more than he bargained for at a recent Waikato Federated Farmers annual meeting.

An eclectic consortium of political, industry and business interests are seeking to overturn Silver Fern Farms' (SFF) partnership with Chinese investor Shanghai Maling.

Silver Fern Farm's 6000 farmer shareholders could be in the gun for millions of dollars in penalty payments and costs if the company's proposed merger is not settled by June 30.

Rural News' irreverent and hypothetical look at what's happening in the farming world.

New Zealand First says Italy and Hungary are breaking European ranks over Russian sanctions.

Only eight months ago, Federated Farmers and NZ's special agriculture trade envoy, Mike Petersen, said the TPPA was going to be gold standard or bust, NZ First leader Winston Peters says.

Your old mate is somewhat bemused by the eternal love affair Winston Peters has with Russia.

Winston Peters' office loves to bag the dairy industry and Fonterra, mostly for all the wrong reasons.

Winston Peters has been at it again, hiding behind the cloak of Parliamentary privilege to deliver another conspiracy-riddled attack, this time on the directors and farmer shareholders of Silver Fern Farms.

With the payout down and dry conditions looming, what's the last thing dairy farmers need now? An ageing political mouth with an overactive media secretary using the industry to try to make political capital.