Stories by Eric Frykberg

Covid-19 has got in the way of major reforms sought by the New Zealand fishing industry.

The 1.2 percent drop in prices at last night's Global Dairy Trade auction was less than what many analysts thought it would be.

Last November's hailstorm in and around Timaru was the third most costly this century, initial figures from the Insurance Council show.

The Tasman District mayor is vowing to press on with a large irrigation project, despite a 25 percent jump in its cost.

A cutting-edge agri tech company in New Zealand wants to buy global brand Afimilk.

The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has launched a substantive attack on big companies getting a "free ride" on greenhouse gas emissions.

A huge haul of crayfish could be released back into the ocean because China cancelled orders amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.

The times are a-changing for a Southland farming family after more than a century of owning the same sheep farm.

A veteran trade lobby group emerged from hibernation in Switzerland last week to renew the call for easier trade in agriculture.

Sawmills in New Zealand find it hard to be profitable when overseas competitors can benefit from subsidies, the main timber industry organisation says.

Forest & Bird is seeking a judicial review of current catch limits on the much prized eating fish, tarakihi.

Hard negotiations are expected to continue into next year to try to preserve existing arrangements for the meat trade - worth more than $2 billion a year - with Britain and the European Union.

A long-term research programme has been commissioned to check if carbon levels in New Zealand soils are increasing or decreasing.

Beekeepers are keenly awaiting the arrival of a tiny insect from California which preys on the giant willow aphid.

The PM has hinted that next year's budget might contain financial support for farmers struggling to develop a Farm Environment Plan.

New Zealand's largest company Fonterra says it is making environmental progress on several fronts, but concedes a setback in the area of emissions intensity.

A US company wanting to grow giant redwood trees here to sell the lumber back home has won the right to buy another 4000ha in New Zealand.

Farmers who have paid millions of dollars to put fences alongside waterways fear having to pay millions more to move them.

The Otago Regional Council has pledged to lift its game and settle a wrangle over water rights to a central Otago river that dates back 140 years.

Farm animals are suffering in muddy, confined spaces, with many people ignoring the problem and officials unsure of what to do about it, a hard-hitting report has found.

Zespri is pursuing legal action in China to stop the spread of pirated kiwifruit cuttings.

People have rushed in to offer homes to a huge flock of hens acquired by mistake, an animal charity says.

Federated Farmers fears large-scale forestry conversion puts the rural way of life at risk by replacing the daily flow of the rural economy with a 25-year investment.

Nursery owners are hoping to resolve a standoff over 48,000 cuttings of new fruit tree varieties seized 16 months ago, as they meet with MPI officials.

Material obtained by RNZ shows the Treasury supported the principle of the government's water reforms - but did have concerns.