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Focus on ETS review

05 Jul 10 | July 1 saw the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) start impacting all New Zealanders, but Federated Farmers focus is now on the promised 2011 review, details of which, remain sketchy. The Federation wants the Government to bring forward its 2011 review of the scheme.

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Mixed Napier and Christchurch wool auction

01 Jul 10 | New Zealand Wool Services International Ltd reports that prices at this week’s wool sales were variable, reflecting differing currency fluctuations since the previous sales.

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Name change signals new era

01 Jul 10 | The change of name for Meat & Wool New Zealand to Beef + Lamb New Zealand Ltd (B+LNZ) became official today and the organisation has signalled a renewed commitment to help make sheep and beef farming more profitable.

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Farmers remain trusted bunch

01 Jul 10 | After a tumultuous 2009, farmers were again ranked in the top half of New Zealand’s most trusted occupations, according to the Readers Digest New Zealand's Most Trusted Professions for 2010.

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Animal welfare code changes welcomed

01 Jul 10 | Federated Farmers is pleased that the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) has listened to some of the concerns it raised, when finalising the Sheep and Beef Cattle Code of Welfare, which was issued by the Minister of Agriculture recently.

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Green light for Fonterra proposal

30 Jun 10 | Fontera’s Shareholders’ Council says today’s successful vote for Trading Among Farmers gives Fonterra the green light to take its business strategy forward.

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D-Max: a workhorse with lots of class

28 Jun 10 | A trusted workhorse through and through, with lots of class - that’s the general verdict on Isuzu Ute’s new D-Max range which made its grand debut at Fieldays in Mystery Creek last week.

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Big game in little New Zealand

28 Jun 10 | Federated Farmers remans lukewarm as to the introduction of a New Zealand Game Animal Council (GAC), after Kate Wilkinson, Minister of Conservation released the proposal document today.

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2011 Fieldays premier feature announced

25 Jun 10 | Minister of Agriculture David Carter has announced the 2011 Premier Feature for New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays; ‘Breaking Barriers to Productivity’.

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Art out of farm junk

25 Jun 10 | Once again the AgTrader National Fieldays Sculpture Competition was a resounding success. Entries came from far and wide with all sculptors having a common goal - to create a work of art out of farm junk. |

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Feds get together for annual talks

25 Jun 10 | Pre function drinks at the Federated Farmers annual awards night dinner in Invercargill on Thursday night.

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Getting to know globalisation

30 Aug 10 | Sitting on a farm verandah in Whakatane as the mid-morning sun melted off the last of the night's frost, a train went by. Freshly cut trees piled on top of each other clanked their way past, breaking into the sound of the birds. I was informed they were going to Japan. In that moment, I truly visualised globalisation for the first time.

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