by Nick Clark, National Manager General Policy Have farm sales bottomed out? The Real Estate Institute of NZ’s monthly Rural Data shows there were 258 farm sales in the three […]
Employment
Immigration Changes are a step in the right direction, but concerns remain: Feds
Federated Farmers welcome changes to immigration settings announced earlier today, but some concerns still remain that need to be addressed says Dairy Chair Richard McIntyre. “Extending the Accredited Employer Work […]
Sowing the seeds for food and fibre careers amongst our girls
Despite the primary industries coming up with 82 percent of the nation’s merchandise export earnings, barely six percent of school leavers enter agriculture, forestry and allied sectors. Aimee Blake and Catherine […]
Economic Week – May 19
by Nick Clark, National Manager General Policy The Budget – Bread and butter with a dollop of election year jam I’d have to say I’m disappointed with a big-spending Budget […]
Economic Week – May 12
by Nick Clark, National Manager General Policy The Budget – what Feds wants…and doesn’t want Next week Finance Minister Grant Robertson will produce his sixth Budget. Given the tough economic […]
New report shows pricing ag emissions will be ‘devastating’ for some communities
A new report released by BusinessNZ shows rural communities like Southland, Waimate, Wairoa and South Taranaki will be “devastated” by agricultural emissions pricing. This underlines why the Government needs to […]
Economic Week – May 5
by Nick Clark, National Manager General Policy Commodities soften The ANZ World Commodity Price Index fell 1.7% April, with dairy prices softening but meat prices firming. Dairy prices fell 4.9% […]
Economic Week – April 28
by Nick Clark, National Manager General Policy Severe weather costs estimated Treasury this week released a short 2-page note on the economic impacts from the Auckland floods and Cyclone Gabrielle, […]
New approaches to forestry management needed in Tairawhiti, Te Wairoa
By Hamish Barwick Improvements in forestry earthworks, roading landing and slash management are vital to avoid another adverse weather event like Cyclone Gabrielle heavily impacting on the Gisborne and Wairoa […]
Land use change hitting Northland economy
by Colin Hannah — Federated Farmers Northland President Since 2017, the reduction in milk solid production on Northland dairy farms combined with the loss of beef and dairy farms to […]