Federated Farmers Marlborough Province is welcoming the March 14 classification of drought conditions across the top of the South Island as a medium-scale adverse event. “It’s a huge relief for […]
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Re-fencing a godsend for cyclone-hit farmers
When Cyclone Gabrielle blew through, it destroyed more than 16km of fencing on Warren Milligan’s farm in Te Karaka, just inland from Gisborne. He’d worked hard to fence the river […]
Recycled posts boost cyclone recovery
In a win for the environment and cyclone-hit farmers, damaged fence posts are being given a new lease of life instead of being sent to landfill. Cyclone Gabrielle slammed a […]
Rural crime rates continue to rise, Feds survey finds
Sentencing judges need to stop going lightly on those convicted of illegal hunting and the killing or stealing of livestock, Federated Farmers rural policing spokesperson Richard McIntyre says. And to […]
Guild names top agricultural journalists, photographers for 2023
Freelance journalist Kate Evans, writing for New Zealand Geographic and US magazine Roads and Kingdoms, took out this year’s top prize in the New Zealand Guild of Agricultural Journalists and […]
Tough times ahead for Kiwi dairy farmers
Another drop in Fonterra’s forecast Farmgate Milk Price will be a bitter pill to swallow for farmers who are already under significant pressure, says Federated Farmers Dairy Chair Richard McIntyre. […]
Innovators and champions honoured at 2023 Arable Awards
Doing things differently and striving for new ways to lift productivity and income helped earn Blair and Jody Drysdale of Hopefield Hemp the Innovation title at the Arable Awards of […]
Brian notches seventh decade with Federated Farmers
Have we just found Federated Farmers’ most staunch supporter? Brian Duder, from the Auckland province, contacted us recently to give us a thumbs up on the 2023 Election Platform. He […]
Wild goats in their sights
Farmers know only too well the damage that wild goats do to fences, pasture, new trees and riparian planting – never mind the destruction to native plants and bush habitat. […]
Feds concerns on firearms registry taken on board
Scepticism remains about the effectiveness of the new firearms registry in terms of reining in gun use and possession by criminals but Federated Farmers is satisfied concerns raised about practicality […]