By Animal and Plant Health NZ chief executive Mark Ross Pet numbers are on an upward trend due to the many benefits they offer their owners, including emotional support, reducing […]
Opinion
Call to flood social media on ridiculous ‘wetland’ rules
By Jacqui Hahn, Federated Farmers Waikato President When will the foolish regulations stop?! Only when people look in depth at the various parties’ policies around agriculture and are smart about […]
Hanging up on ageing landline infrastructure
by Richard McIntyre For many, the landline is a thing of the past met with a bit of nostalgia around arguing with your parents over being allowed 5 more minutes […]
The human cost of HWEN
Friday Flash, October 14 By Sandra Faulkner, National Board Member The family farm has been the bulwark of this country throughout history. Today the continuing existence of the family farm […]
He Waka Eke Noa
William Beetham At the recent Federated Farmers Meat & Wool council many concerns were raised about He Waka Eke Noa, the pricing of agricultural emissions, and the subsequent impact on […]
Local provider solves communications ‘black hole’
By Peter Fowler One thing I forgot to check when I purchased my small farm in Hawke’s Bay in 2001 was the Internet connection. Which was really stupid given I […]
Let’s be accurate, co-operative around heritage protection
By Rhea Dasent, Federated Farmers Senior Policy Advisor Federated Farmers values and respects heritage and sites of significance to Māori. But like many other public good resources (such as Outstanding […]
Resilience reserves are running on empty
By Richard McIntyre, Federated Farmers national board member Everyone is resilient to a point, but if the pressures keep piling on, that resilience runs out. There are warning signs that […]
Is the ‘waka’ really adrift?
By Andrew Hoggard, President Federated Farmers of NZ The recent open letter on He Waka Eke Noa in Farmers Weekly has sparked a lot of discussion, and that’s a good […]
“We can work it out” – Getting the best result from a farm debt mediation
MARK KELLY Last month, I wrote about the Farm Debt Mediation Act 2019. The FDMA requires lenders to mediate with farmers before they can enforce farm debt. The idea is […]