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FedTalks – Podcast

  • Long Term Plan season is upon us…
    February 25, 2021 by
    Long Term Plan season is upon us…New Zealand has 78 district, city, and regional councils. And each of them has begun consultations on Long Term Plans setting out proposed rates increases for the coming year and beyond.  Expect cries of pain.The high cost of council rates on farmland has always been a problem and it […]
  • Rural crime prevention panel
    December 3, 2020 by
    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 … 
  • Bernadette Hunt
    November 26, 2020 by
    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 […]
  • Primary Industries Summit – PINZ
    November 19, 2020 by
    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 […]
  • Primary Industries Awards – what's it all about?
    November 5, 2020 by
      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 […]
  • Ag recovery
    October 29, 2020 by
    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 […]
  • Land girls
    October 8, 2020 by
  • Farm Debt Mediation
    August 27, 2020 by
    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 […]
  • New world, new board, new directions….
    July 24, 2020 by
    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 […]
  • Andrew Hoggard – Putting the fun back in farming…
    July 3, 2020 by
    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 […]

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