Farm Confidence Survey The results are out from the July 2023 Farm Confidence Survey. They were terrible with a further slump in confidence from January 2023 when it had been […]
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WorkSafe to trial drones as a way to boost farm safety
Can drones deliver health and safety benefits to farmers by reducing the amount of time they have to spend on quad bikes? That’s something WorkSafe aims to test in a […]
Economic Week – June 9
by Nick Clark, National Manager General Policy Sheep and beef inflation On-farm inflation for sheep and beef farmers has intensified to the highest since 1981, according to Beef + Lamb […]
New report shows pricing ag emissions will be ‘devastating’ for some communities
A new report released by BusinessNZ shows rural communities like Southland, Waimate, Wairoa and South Taranaki will be “devastated” by agricultural emissions pricing. This underlines why the Government needs to […]
NZ an international outlier by allowing 100 percent of emissions offsetting through forestry
New research has found New Zealand’s policy of allowing fossil fuel emitters to offset all their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by planting trees is at odds with the rest of […]
Economic Week – April 14
by Nick Clark, National Manager General Policy Farmer confidence edges up Farmer confidence, which was down for the count in December, lifted from the canvas in Rabobank’s March quarter Rural […]
Dip in red meat exports reflects challenging conditions
New Zealand’s red meat exports dropped by almost a fifth in February as global economic conditions deteriorated. New Zealand exported red meat products worth $885 million during February 2023, a […]
Last chance for farmers to have their say on the NZ Meat Board funding groundbreaking beef genetics programme
Farmers are being urged to have their say on a New Zealand Meat Board proposal to continue funding the Informing New Zealand Beef (INZB) genetics programme.Sheep and beef farmers should […]
The Meat Box to donate portion of sales to Feds
The Meat Box, an Online Butcher specialising in fresh-cut-to-order meat delivery New Zealand wide, have announced that they will donate 5% of sales to Federated Farmers from 26th February to […]
Meat processing sector steps up to support cyclone-impacted rural communities
The red meat processing sector is working hard to support cyclone-affected farmers by ensuring plants return to operation as soon as possible and providing assistance to rural communities. The AFFCO […]
