Monday, 12 July 2021, 2:17 pm Federated Farmers President Andrew Hoggard says he’s not surprised frustration and anger about the deluge of new regulations and costs from central government is spilling over into protest meetings. On Friday farmers in a number of districts around New Zealand are rounding up dog teams and firing up utes and tractors to head into their nearest town for peaceful protest rallies. In his speech to the Federated Farmers National Council in Christchurch last week, Andrew referred to a "winter of discontent" in rural communities, with the so-called ute tax a straw that broke the camel’s back for many farming