In response to that, Federated Farmers' national vice-president Andrew Hoggard said that he was grateful that the decision had been made quickly and in the nick of time for the end of the financial year. "Nash and agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor and their officials deserve a great deal of credit for acting in a timely manner", Mr Hoggard said. "We thank them sincerely on behalf of some very worried farmers." Federated Farmers general manager of policy and advocacy, Gavin Forrest, said the tax relief applied to farmers was a very good thing and "Anybody that ended up with a tax bill for the increase in the value of their cows on the books, book income that was not associated with the cash income, anybody in those circumstances should get relief from this". He also said that this was a certainty of relief. These words coming from Federated Farmers to Labour showed, and I reiterate, a working relationship with the farming community that is going from strength to strength.