Eric Frykberg
Midday Rural News for 27 February 2019
Rural services company PGG Wrightson is banking on strong commodity prices and good farm profitability to drive growth for the rest of the year. Audio
Midday Rural News for 26 February 2019
The listed honey producer, Comvita, has made a 2.7 million dollars loss in the six months to December. Audio
Midday Rural News for 25 February 2019
New Zealand exports could get caught in the crossfire of trade battles between Britain and Europe after a no deal Brexit. Audio
Midday Rural News for 21 February 2019
The monitoring of hundreds of fruit fly traps will be stepped up, after a second Queensland fruit fly was discovered on Auckland's North Shore. Audio
Midday Rural News for 20 February 2019
A slow down in milk supply globally has helped dairy prices rise to their highest level in eight months. Audio
Midday Rural News for 19 February 2019
The dairy company Synlait has launched a stinging attack on Fonterra, accusing it of manipulating the price of milk paid to farmers. Audio
Midday Rural News for 18 February 2019
Nearly 20 million dollars from the Government's Provincial Growth Fund is being put towards predator control in the regions Audio
Midday Rural News for 15 February 2019
In news just to hand, a seasonal labour shortage has just been declared across Hawke's Bay. Audio
Midday Rural News for 14 February 2019
Farmers are bracing themselves for an end to tenure review. Audio
Midday Rural News for 13 February 2019
Two animal lobby groups have gone to court, alleging the Government is not enforcing its own laws on the treatment of pigs. Audio
Midday Rural News for 12 February 2019
Truckloads of hay are being donated by Canterbury farmers to help those affected by the Tasman fires. Audio
Midday Rural News for 11 February 2019
With many regions around the country drying-up, some farmers who can't move their stock due to Mycoplasma bovis movement restrictions are concerned about water availability. Audio
Midday Rural News for 8 February 2019
As you will have heard in the news a two thousand hectare fire continues to rage in the Tasman District. Audio
Midday Rural News for 7 February 2019
Fire has swept through 19-hundred-hectares of land in the Nelson District, destroying one cottage and causing people from 182 other properties to have to be evacuated. Audio