Apprenticeship Boost Scheme
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The new ‘Apprenticeship Boost’ scheme is live. This scheme will help employers retain and bring on new apprentices, while dealing with the impact of COVID-19. Apprentices on the Federated Farmer…
How COVID-19 level 2 and level 3 restrictions affect farmers
Farmers do not need to register as an essential service under Alert Level 2 or 3. Farmers in and around Auckland need a letter authorising an essential worker to cross…
News: The Farm Debt Mediation Scheme has started
The Farm Debt Mediation Act 2019 came fully into force on 1 July 2020. The Farm Debt Mediation Scheme helps farmers and other primary producers struggling with debt and financial…
Provincial Growth Fund – Fencing of Waterways
Up to $100 million has been allocated from the Provincial Growth Fund to provide significant levels of funding (80-100%) for fencing of waterways and associated works such as culverts, causeways,…
NAIT Update
We’d like to share an important reminder and update with our clients. It is law in New Zealand, that all cattle and deer need to be tagged and registered. It…
News: Beef + Lamb New Zealand has launched a winter grazing campaign
When done correctly, winter grazing is an effective way to keep animals fed and healthy over winter in a pastoral-based farming system when grass growth is low or non-existent. B+LNZ…
2020 Herd Scheme values
Inland Revenue released the determination of national average market values (NAMVs) of livestock for 2020 on 26 May. The annually-updated NAMVs are used by taxpayers who have elected to value livestock…
Are you eligible for the 2020 Drought Recovery Advice Fund?
We know the persistent dry patch we have had in the last 7 months, has presented many of our valued clients with unique challenges. Farms are the pillar of agriculture…