Tuesday, 4 May 2021, 3:01 pm
Federated Farmers is strongly urging Environment
Canterbury to demonstrate financial discipline and stick
with current water plans developed with the community,
rather than cave in and start a $25 million exercise
re-writing them.
Feds Mid-Canterbury President David
Clark and fellow Ashburton farmer and national board member
Chris Allen said the Federation’s Canterbury membership of
around 3000 are outraged and hugely disappointed with the
very large rates increases proposed.
Most farmers face
bigger hikes than the overall average of 24.5% in the
financial year starting July 1. No business has the
luxury of unlimited income, especially farmers who as price
takers cannot just increase their prices. ECan should be no