Federated Farmers gives the National Party climate policy announced today ‘five stars’, the farming organisation’s President Wayne Langford says. “Last week we released a rural roadmap outlining our 12 key […]
Environment
Future of food discussions on the table at PINZ
The Primary Industries NZ Summit has earned a reputation for serving up a varied and thought-provoking programme of presentations and debates on food and fibre issues – the 2023 event […]
Waikato PC1 battle has implications for farmers everywhere
By Paul Melville, GM Policy & Advocacy Federated Farmers staff commit huge hours to regional plan processes up and down New Zealand. Regional plans are really where the rubber hits […]
Highly organic soils – it’s what we do
By Dr Jacqueline Rowarth Regeneration is a word that captures the imagination. It is the natural process of renewal, restoration and growth – making things better. It is also the […]
Feds advocating for practical and fair COP28 outcomes
by Macaulay Jones, Independent Consultant, Agriculture, Sustainability & Trade This November the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will host the 28th United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference, known as COP28. All […]
Regenerative agriculture – opening up the wallet
By Delwyn Dickey for the Our Land and Water National Science Challenge Regenerative agriculture has potential as a selling point for our export markets, but how do the numbers stack […]
When ‘solutions’ prove worse than the original problem….
By Dr Jacqueline Rowarth The signs of change are sometimes difficult to spot. They might be on minor websites, buried in pages of reports or deep in obscure language, but […]
Federated Farmers launches nine-stop RMA rural roadshow
Federated Farmers today announced a nine-stop rural roadshow opposing the Government’s proposed replacement of the Resource Management Act. “We all want to see reform of the RMA, but it needs […]
Unjustified DoC easement charge sets a worrying precedent
By Gavin Forrest, Federated Farmers Chief Advisor In February last year Federated Farmers was made aware that the Department of Conservation was seeking to increase what it charged a small […]
NZ an international outlier by allowing 100 percent of emissions offsetting through forestry
New research has found New Zealand’s policy of allowing fossil fuel emitters to offset all their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by planting trees is at odds with the rest of […]