FedTalks – Podcast

In the last 3 years, Rural Theft accounted for millions of dollars. On average that’s 620 claims every year and an average of 12 claims a week for something stolen on-farm giving both police and insures plenty to do … 

Two major pieces of legislation have kicked Southland this year…. fresh water & winter grazing legislation.Both rules created havoc in Southland….in the middle of it all was Southland farmer and Federated Farmers vice president Bernadette Hunt. A tough year all round, yet last night at the Primary Industries awards event Bernadette Hunt vice president of Southland […]

Building on the strength of our inaugural Summit in 2019, the Summit brings farmers and producers from across the broad range of NZ’s primary industries together policymakers and other key stakeholders to hear local and global experts and to develop solutions to the key challenges facing the primary sector. The Primary Industries Awards provides a […]

  Federated Farmers CEO Terry Copeland on what it means to be a part of PINZ (Primary Industries Awards). How and why it came about, and the unique opportunity that the PINZ provides to reward excellence. A celebration of true rural success throughout the primary industries value chain. Innovation, excellence, collaboration, PINZ brings farmers and producers […]

Since its inception in 2006, Agrecovery has recycled and repurposed 3,000 tonnes of farm product packaging and safely disposed of over 150 tonnes of unwanted agrichemicals…and it has plans to do much more. For this week’s FedTalks podcast, Rebecca Flannery talks to Ross Sainsbury, a Matamata farmer who is a big fan of Agrecovery’s work […]

The failure of a farm business can lead to the farmer and their family losing both their business and their home. For many rural communities, the failure of one farm can have a ripple effect through those communities and the regional economy.Farmers who operate a family business often don’t have the resources to negotiate their […]

Federated farmers in a post COVID landscape, with Terry Copeland. The Government has set aside $19 million to boost primary sector employment in Budget 2020, but that is where the answers to farmers' most pressing questions run out. the coronavirus outbreak has thrown a spanner in the works this year, with no certainty around borders […]

Having been involved with Federated Farmers now for 17 years, starting out as the young farmer rep, and then moving into the provincial vice dairy role. Andrew Hoggard is now President. Since taken on the role just over a week ago Andrew shares his thoughts and ideas on what he would like to see achieved […]

FEDtalks New Zealand produces wool that is second to none. Our wool has been built on hundreds of years of breeding and animal husbandry to achieve wool types that are superior to wools produced in other countries. Much of the wool that we produce is exported for further manufacturing, yet New Zealand has all the […]