Government

Incoming government has committed to our policy wish list, Langford says.

Cabinet list includes nine ministers with responsibility for ag and related matters.

The proposed plan approach to require assessment against cultural values for consents for normal farming operations could drive conflict, Feds says.

Federated Farmers calls on the government to address the 'broken promises' and 'unworkable' freshwater rules with urgency.

Concerns about ‘rushed consultation approaches being taken by councils’.

As well as helping farmers with policy directives, the MPI’s On Farm Support performs the very valuable service of telling Wellington what’s on farmers’ minds, Alan Emerson says.

It’s discipline this economy needs if it is to make the change of government a real fresh start, Cameron Bagrie says.

Three coalition hopefuls agree on most things when it comes to the primary sector.

How has the newly elected List MPs' time in Federated Farmers set them up for the job in politics? 

Alan Emerson on the rise of the five-country grouping that is beginning to flex its muscle.

Sector keen to discover who will handle sensitive ag and trade portfolios.

Feds say this election was all about restoring that confidence, putting the fun back into farming, and getting our communities humming again.

Alan Emerson lists the many ways National and its likely coalition partner are at odds.

The surge of National support in rural areas represents something of a resumption of ‘normal programming’ for NZ’s political landscape, writes Richard Rennie.

Number of MPs with farming ties grows by 50%.

Alan Emerson looks beyond the result of the General Election.

Allan Barber remembers a beloved pet who cut his own path.

The way the two sections of society have united in the Netherlands should give politicians pause, says Nuffield scholar Kerry Worsnop.

Infrastructure projects get $11.2m from Budget vote.

We know more about what political hopefuls in the general election stand against than what they stand for, writes Bryan Gibson.

Provinces the ones to watch as country goes to the polls.

Alan Emerson is fed up with what he calls the ‘extreme whims’ of the regional council’s climate change approach.

Farmers Weekly asks New Zealand’s six biggest parties to spell out their policies for the primary sector.

Farmers Weekly asks New Zealand’s six biggest parties to spell out their policies for the primary sector.

Was the government’s glittering trade run achieved more in spite of Labour than because of it, asks Nigel Stirling.

Farmers Weekly asks New Zealand’s six biggest parties to spell out their policies for the primary sector.

Two important issues are being ignored in this election, says Central Hawke’s Bay farmer Tim Gilbertson.

Farmers have set out what they want political parties to think about leading up to the election.

Farmers Weekly asks New Zealand’s six biggest parties to spell out their policies for the primary sector.

We need a nature-based solution to meet two extremely pressing needs, says David Eade.

Basket of complementary policies proposed in Labour Party's ‘climate manifesto’.

Ben Anderson asks the next prime minister for less nostalgia about farming in NZ and more fresh thinking.

A live studio audience of 300 farmers, along with 35,000+ online viewers, got to see spokespeople from the major political parties go toe-to-toe discussing the big issues impacting rural NZ.

Polls are saying National will roll back the red tide in large rural electorates, writes Hugh Stringleman.

BLNZ has remade itself at board level – and this directors’ election may be dairy’s turn, Alan Emerson says.

‘If anything, other sectors of the economy have been asked to do the heavy lifting to compensate for the lack of action on agricultural emissions.’