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WINSTON PETERS has been at it again, hiding behind the cloak of Parliamentary privilege to deliver another conspiracy-riddled attack, this time on the directors and farmer shareholders of Silver Fern Farms. Last week Peters took a call in Parliament’s weekly … Continue reading →

IT APPEARS much of the angst and anger percolating through the farming sector over proposed changes to health and safety regulations may now have eased. The parliamentary transport and industrial relations select committee – charged with reviewing the Health and … Continue reading →

IT IS understood that top officials from 12 Pacific nations negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade pact are planning to convene in Hawaii at the end of this month for a final push to get agreement – an indication … Continue reading →

THE NEWS that Fonterra is to hire international consulting firm McKinsey & Co to see what needs to be changed in the organisation is breathtaking. It seems a lot of people in the co-op are earning a million or more … Continue reading →

WORKPLACE RELATIONS Minister Michael Woodhouse recently described the existing workplace safety legislation a ‘bugger’s muddle’. It seems the proposed new legislation isn’t much better, given that it’s been sent back to the transport and industrial relations select committee for “further … Continue reading →

FONTERRA’S HALF-YEAR results make unhappy reading to its 10,500 farmers, many struggling with drought and a precariously low payout. The co-op’s much heralded ‘V3’ strategy – volume, value and velocity – is leaving farmers vexed. Last week’s round of farmer … Continue reading →

  ENOUGH IS enough! That’s our message to the nutter or nutters responsible for the latest food safety scare to hit the dairy industry. Whoever sent those anonymous letters containing white powder laced with high concentrations of 1080 to Federated … Continue reading →

THE MEAT Industry Excellence Group’s (MIE) much-vaunted and so far highly secretive report into meat sector reforms is due to be released later this month. No one can accuse MIE and its supporters of lacking passion or determination, and their … Continue reading →

  THE SAFER Farms initiative, recently introduced by WorkSafe NZ, is a timely one. Since 2008, 120 people have been killed working on farms in New Zealand: four times more people died on farms last year than in forestry or … Continue reading →

FEDERATED FARMERS has undergone a major transition during the past four-five years. Gone are the days when the Feds would fire out deliberately antagonistic statements chastising government or industry critics for some perceived action – or lack of it. The … Continue reading →