Sheep numbers up a little but outlook uncertain. Beef+Lamb New Zealand’s annual Stock Number Survey has shown a small increase in sheep but a decline in beef cattle. There were […]
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South Westland rivers are pristine – told you so says Feds
University of Otago research describing the water quality of South Westland rivers as pristine, despite 160 years of river flats farming, is no surprise to Federated Farmers. Feds freshwater spokesperson […]
Using NZ native algae for nutrient pollution mitigation
By Lawrence Gullery of NIWA NIWA is working with Māori farming enterprises on a novel pollution mitigation technology to remove nutrients from agricultural runoff. Filamentous Algae Nutrient Scrubbers, or FANS, […]
Wasteland to wetland
NIWA’s Dr. Chris Tanner hosted an insightful session at the Primary Industries Summit earlier this month covering how wetlands were viewed historically, how they are viewed today and the science […]
Economic Week – February 18
Next week’s OCR call. Next Wednesday the Reserve Bank will review monetary policy settings, including the official cash rate. It’s the first review since 24 November and a lot has […]
Economic Week – February 11
Budget talk from Feds This week Federated Farmers National President Andrew Hoggard presented to the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee on our submission to the Budget Policy Statement (BPS). The […]