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'I enable farmers to be heard': Sandra Faulkner on steering local govt reform

Local government spokeswoman Sandra Faulkner says Federated Farmers runs in her family.

'If there is no hunting pressure': Wild pigs push farm damage and TB fears

Ospri has tested 99,641 cattle and deer for TB in the region since February.

‘Transformational': Business groups, farmers, welcome RMA reforms

Federated Farmers described it as a 'red letter day' for the agricultural sector.

32 more dairy farms for Canterbury as some grain growers go for milk

Up to 25,000 more dairy cows could be added to Canterbury's herd this year.

One North, one council: Farmers say unitary authority would make work tenable again

Northland’s four councils employ 1539 staff, a number farmers say is excessive.

'Environmental disaster': Farmers warn of pig and pine crisis

Federated Farmers says land conversions to pine forests are fuelling a feral pig surge.

Farmers rep loses seat on Taranaki environment committee

Federated Farmers is out, after 30 years on the Taranaki Regional Council water committee.

'A huge concern': Irrigation equipment smashed by winds

More than 700 pivot spans – worth $30,000 each – have been damaged in North Canterbury.

'It was carnage': Storm-battered North Canterbury counts cost of furious winds

Winds tore through Culverden, Rotherham and Waiau, wrecking homes and farms.