Farmers Feed Families aims to feed families adversely affected by continued financial pressure they are faced with as a result of COVID 19 forcing Auckland into a prolonged lock down. This has meant many families have been without work – income and therefore food.
Alliance barges in with stock solution
By Rebecca Flannery Sheep and cattle from isolated parts of the Marlborough Sounds are getting a sea cruise as part of an innovative solution to road damage. Heavy rainfall in July took a massive toll on roads, with access to some parts of the Sounds cut off. There were more than 100 slips and unstable […]
The seasonality of spring
The official start of spring is different to different people…. we sure did talk/argue about it up one wall and down the other. Some go for the first – others firmly in the 21 st of September camp. One rule we could agree on was that we have three months of each – with a […]
Update from the Canterbury floods
We are now at day 106 after the 2021 Canterbury floods, and even though his own farm was ravaged by floodwater in the May 30th floods, Federated Farmers board member Chris Allen still managed to document the journey via a series of short videos. We have put them all together in a short video that […]
New Zealanders urged to back local pig farmers through lock-down and eat local pork
Kiwis are being encouraged to support New Zealand’s pig farmers by only buying ‘homegrown’ pork during the COVID-19 restrictions. New Zealand pig farmers are deemed an essential service and are continuing to farm through Alert Levels 2-4, but with many restaurants closed, the sector is concerned about a possible surplus of pigs. Now, NZPork has […]
Who’s that bird?
We all know that farmers and rural people are great conservationists, and we understand and encourage birdlife on farm, but historically this has been an anecdotal record-keeping system. We recently caught up with the team from ebird which is co-ordinating the New Zealand Bird Atlas project. This is a Citizen Science project run by Birds […]
Don’t fence me in
By Rebecca Flannery, Sometimes we here at Federated Farmers need to just get out and visit rural communities to learn and understand more about them and get a picture of where exactly we fit in terms of what they need, as opposed to what we think they may need … So recently we got ourselves […]
Feds backs the butcher, the baker, and the greengrocer – again
Federated Farmers says the government needs to reconsider and let small business fresh food sellers stay open under level 4. Last year Federated Farmers national president Andrew Hoggard was vocal about Feds’ position. “We pleaded for common sense to prevail, we have had over one year to sort this out – yet it is not.” New […]
Minimum sick leave entitlements are increasing to 10 days
The minimum sick leave entitlement is increasing from 5 to 10 days per year from 24 July 2021. Employees will get the extra five days at their next entitlement date. Employers and employees, it is important you are prepared for the change so you don’t get caught out. Here are six key things you need […]
Ashburton Rivers – Flow Forecast and Impact Estimate
Flow Prediction The Metservice forecast is for rain to continue at similar rates (5-10mm per hour) in the upper part of the catchment today. In particular, this will affect the South Ashburton and North Ashburton which are currently rising. Bowyers and Taylors Streams are likely to be affected to a lesser degree. The catchment was […]