Vaccine Promises Improved Cattle Management
NEW ZEALAND - An innovative vaccine that promises improved cattle behaviour management has been launched in New Zealand.

Greenhouse Gas Research Centre Opened
NEW ZEALAND - Federated Farmers has welcomed the opening of the Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre in Palmerston North.

Get Involved In Agriculture
NEW ZEALAND - With just four weeks until Federated Farmers Farm Day on 28 March 2010, Don Nicolson, Federated Farmers President says "the act of eating involves everyone in agriculture".

Farming Thumbs Up To Financial Reporting Decision
NEW ZEALAND - Farmers are throwing a bouquet at the Government for deciding that large private companies don’t have to file their financial statements with the Registrar of Companies.

NZ Beef Starts 2010 Strongly
NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand (NZ) beef and veal production rose 12 per cent in January to 62,738 tonnes cwt, with slaughter rising nine per cent over the same period to 223,741 head (Statistics NZ).

New Zealand Need More Water Storage
NEW ZEALAND - Addressing the Fresh Water Management Forum in Wellington , Lachlan McKenzie, Federated Farmers associate spokesperson for water put forward the farmers' case for more water storage.

New Zealand Hosts Beef Exporting Alliance
NEW ZEALAND - The Chairmen and CEO’s of farmer organisations from five of the world’s major beef exporting nations, making up the Five Nations Beef Alliance, are meeting in Northland this week to consider how to make beef production more profitable.

Government Listening To Farmers
NEW ZEALAND - The Prime Minister's 2010 statement to Parliament earlier in the week, shows that John Key has been listening to the farming community, says Federated Farmers.

Tough Economic Conditions Persist
NEW ZEALAND - The strength of the New Zealand dollar (NZ$) will have the biggest impact on beef farm gate receipts and profitability, according to Meat & Wool New Zealand’s Mid-Season Update for 2009-10.

Recession Hits Incomes But Future Is Bright
NEW ZEALAND - While the international recession has impacted growth of agricultural wages and salaries, the 2010 Federated Farmers/Rabobank Farm Employee Remuneration Report shows farm workers are still considerably better off than their urban counte...

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
NEW ZEALAND - A scientific breakthrough by scientists researching the microbes in the stomach of cows and sheep looks likely to lead to ways that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The work is part of the Pastoral Greenhouse Gas Research Consortium programme...

NAIT – Asset Or Liability?
NEW ZEALAND - The National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) Scheme has been given approval to proceed by Cabinet. The scheme has been promoted on the basis of two key criteria. The first is increased biosecurity effectiveness, but initially covering...

Draft Animal Transport Welfare Code Needs Focus
NEW ZEALAND - In its submission late last year on the draft Animal Welfare (Transport within New Zealand) Code of Welfare, Federated Farmers has called on the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) to focus on a slimmed-down code for commercial...

Be Prepared For Drought
NEW ZEALAND - While Northland, along with parts of central Otago, Canterbury, Gisborne and inland Bay of Plenty, are facing extreme dry conditions, Federated Farmers is hopeful drought may still be averted.

Animal Welfare Prosecution
NEW ZEALAND - Monday’s prosecution of a farmer, who ill-treated livestock, sends an important message says Federated Farmers of New Zealand.

NZ Scheme Extended To Cover Farm Veterinarians
NEW ZEALAND - The Government is expanding its voluntary bonding scheme for veterinarians to cover those who care for farm livestock.

Objections To Dairy Barn Proposals
NEW ZEALAND - Canterbury Regional Council has received nearly 5000 public submissions on plans for intensified dairy farming in the upper Waitaki region.

NZ Rural Confidence Report
NEW ZEALAND - Farmer confidence has increased for a second consecutive quarter, with 49 per cent of dairy farmers expecting an improvement in the agricultural economy, says a new Rabobank report.

NZ Farming Systems Outlook Improves on Milk Prices
NEW ZEALAND - NZ Farming Systems Uruguay Ltd., the South American dairy farm developer, trimmed its forecast annual loss amid rapid gains in dairy prices and said chairman Keith Smith will step down in favour of an independent director.

New Zealand Works with China on Food Safety
NEW ZEALAND - Chinese senior food safety officials have just left the country after a two-week food safety study programme with the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA).