1 November 2021 Hon James ShawMinister of Climate ChangeWellington Hon Damien O’ConnorMinister of AgricultureMinister for Rural CommunitiesWellington Dear Ministers, Progressing He Waka Eke Noa As you will hopefully be aware, the He Waka Eke Noa partnership is nearing a key farmer consultation phase, including consideration of pricing mechanism options.It is important that any pricing mechanism […]
Andrew Hoggard’s email to the Minister of Agriculture prior to the Groundswell Protest
From: Andrew Hoggard Sent: Wednesday, 14 July 2021 2:04 PM To: D OConnor (MIN) D.OConnor@ministers.govt.nz Cc: Karen Williams ; Terry Copeland > Subject: Farmer Protests Hi Damien, Just wanted to let you know around the stance Federated Farmers will be taking on the planned farmer protests on Friday. Whilst these protests haven’t been organised by […]
Bleak picture ahead on rising rates demands
Federated Farmers has produced the 13th edition of our annual rates report newsletter. In it we provide detail on our local policy work on rates and local government funding along with coverage of the major developments impacting council funding and financing this year and, in the years to come. In the unprecedented times of early […]
Farmers walking the talk on climate change
OPINION: With the government declaring a climate emergency, it’s timely to recap what actions farmers are taking to further reduce agriculture’s environmental footprint. I say ‘further reduce’ deliberately. We’re already ahead of many other dairy and meat producing nations on the greenhouse gas front. While the global average for emissions from milk production, processing, and transport […]