Eric Frykberg

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The British government has begun asking for public comment on a trade agreement with New Zealand. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The Government is considering extending new rules for the manuka honey industry from exports to local products. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The First Union says there is still work to be done in making forest work safe. Audio

Federated Farmers says a further fall in dairy prices in the latest global dairy auction is disappointing, but not unexpected. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

A proposed country of origin food labelling law has been stripped-back by the select committee considering it. Audio

The Minister of Agriculture says wool is a vital industry with good environmental qualities and a summit meeting today must find a way to lift its performance. Audio

Federated Farmers is reminding lifestyle owners that they must take care about the risk of Mycoplasma bovis on their properties. Audio

Sixty businesses who produce nearly half of all New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions have pledged to reduce them, to seek offsets like planting trees and to strictly monitor their emissions. Audio

Sixty companies combine to act on climate change. Businesses not using social media to best effect. Hospitality industry warned over plastic use. Finance markets react to more US tariffs. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

An economic consultancy which has studied the dairy industry says farmers face a potential one percent loss of earnings from disagreement over Fonterra's internal financing. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

Divisions are growing in the dairy industry over the way Fonterra works out the highly influential price it pays farmers for milk. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

Concerns are growing that the forecast dairy price of 7 dollars per kilogramme of milk solids might not last. Audio