Policy and issues
DROUGHT
Federated Farmers will play an important role should drought, in parts of the country, be declared over summer. The Federation will work for members' in a number of areas:
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To monitor the situation at a local, provincial and national level
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Reactivation of the “0800 DROUGHT” (0800 376 844) service, if needed, after 5 January, 2009 to coordinate available surplus feed
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Providing links through to support service providers
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Providing links to other organisations who publish drought related material useful to farmers.
Federated Farmers Manifesto
Federated Farmers manifesto covers farmers' ‘policy wants'. It clearly sets out what agriculture needs so it can continue to provide for the social, economic and environmental wellbeing of all New Zealanders.
General issues
Federated Farmers aims to get members a fair deal through representing farmers' needs at a regional, national and international level.
The policy team can help individual members and provinces by providing information and advice on issues challenging agriculture and the sustainability of farm businesses. This includes responding to government and council policy, regulations and standards.
Key areas of policy focus are:
Sustainability
Competitiveness
- Rates and Local Government
- HSNO
- Building Regulations
- Biosecurity
- Trade
- Transport
- Genetic Modification
- Tax
- Animal Identification
Infrastructure
Property Rights
