Eric Frykberg
Midday Rural News for 2 October 2019
A Hawkes Bay orchardist expects there will be damage to some fruit varieties after yesterday's intense hail storm. Audio
Midday Rural News for 1 October 2019
New Zealand's main trading banks are defending suggestions they are harder on the farmers than they need to be. Audio
Midday Rural News for 30 September 2019
After an extremely turbulent few weeks, fine wool growers are breathing a sigh of relief that prices are on the mend. Audio
Midday Rural News for 27 September 2019
Fonterra insists the era of lavish salaries at the company is over. Audio
Midday Rural News for 26 September 2019
As you will have heard earlier in the hour, Fonterra has posted a net loss of 605 million dollars. Audio
Midday Rural News for 25 September 2019
Fonterra has announced the sale of its 50 percent stake in a German-based company making ingredients for pharmaceutical tablets. Audio
Midday Rural News for 24 September 2019
The listed dairy company Synlait is ploughing on with its infant formula project at Pokeno, and has processed milk there, undeterred by a legal question mark hanging over the site. Audio
Midday Rural News for 23 September 2019
A Northland mayor says a tractor protest in the weekend shows farmers feel threatened about their future. Audio
Midday Rural News for 20 September 2019
The Office of the Auditor General says not enough is known about the condition of New Zealand waterways to develop proper national policies on water quality. Audio
Midday Rural News for 19 September 2019
About 250 primary industries stakeholders, including hoards of farmers, have filled a public meeting which is underway in South-Canterbury, to hear about the Government's freshwater action plan. Audio
Midday Rural News for 18 September 2019
The Government wants aquaculture to be a three billion dollar industry by 2035. Audio
