by Nick Clark, Manager General Policy Feds urges fiscal responsibility On Wednesday Federated Farmers presented its submission on the Budget Policy Statement to Parliament’s Finance and Expenditure Committee. Read here to see what National President Andrew Hoggard told the Select Committee but the gist of it is that he urged caution on any spending spree […]
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Red meat sector’s resilience highlighted in B+LNZ’s latest update
Media Release from Beef+Lamb NZ Following a challenging year with COVID-19 disruptions and drought, Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (B+LNZ) Mid-Season Update 2020-21 highlights the resilience and adaptability of New Zealand’s red meat sector as solid market fundamentals continue to support global demand. Although the outlook predicts that the sector will continue to be challenged […]
Federation urges caution on ‘spending spree’ for economic recovery
While it may be tempting as a pandemic response to go on a spending spree to stimulate the economy, Federated Farmers has urged caution about that sort of approach. Speaking to the Finance & Expenditure Select Committee on Wednesday March 31 as it considered the Budget Policy Statement 2021, Federated Farmers President Andrew Hoggard said […]
Research on extracting protein from green leafy crops underway
The Government is partnering with Canterbury’s Leaft Foods on a $20 million research and development programme that could put New Zealand on the map as a leading leaf protein concentrate producer. Through its Sustainable Food & Fibre Futures fund, the Ministry for Primary Industries is contributing $8 million to the five-year programme to develop technology […]
Reinforcing New Zealand’s place in the rules-based trading framework
by Macaulay Jones, Federated Farmers Policy Advisor Federated Farmers says the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement provides a much- needed qualitative show of support for the rules-based international trading framework. In mid-February, Andrew Hoggard, the National President of Federated Farmers of New Zealand, appeared before the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee as […]
Help for farmers to know their greenhouse gas numbers
A new guide and tools have been released to help farmers with measuring, managing, and reducing agricultural greenhouse gases. He Waka Eke Noa: The Primary Sector Climate Action Partnership has developed two information sources to help industry bodies and farmers understand their agricultural greenhouse gas emissions: Greenhouse Gases: Farm Planning Guidance, and The Greenhouse Gases […]
Positives in climate change report but methane’s different warming impact still not accurately accounted for
Federated Farmers is very concerned the Climate Change Commission’s draft advice to the government on emissions budgets puts a much bigger ask on methane-emitters – largely farmers – to make up for a lack of action on those sectors emitting carbon dioxide. This is due to the terms of reference given to the Commission by […]
Economic Week – March 26
by Nick Clark, Federated Farmers Manager General Policy Housing tax shakeup The big news for the week was the Government’s much anticipated housing package aimed at tilting the playing field in favour of first home buyers over speculators and investors. It came after a surge house prices surged (up 22.8% for the year to February […]
Linda and Evan Potter named National Ambassadors for Sustainable Farming and Growing
Federated Farmers members Evan and Linda Potter, of Central Hawke’s Bay hill country property, Waipapa, (sheep, beef and deer) are the new National Ambassadors for Sustainable Farming and Growing and the recipients of the Gordon Stephenson Trophy. The announcement was made on Thursday at the National Sustainability Showcase at Te Papa in Wellington, attended by all of […]
High five to the essential services workers everywhere
There’s so many people to thank on Essential Services Day. When Federated Farmers and many other agencies and organisations in the Team Ag/primary industries ‘family’ came up with the idea of saluting all those others who worked through last year’s Covid-19 lockdown, enabling us to continue producing top quality food and fibre, we soon realised […]