Eric Frykberg

The livelihood of hundreds of people in the fishing industry is being threatened to preserve the Maui dolphin, according to Seafood New Zealand. Audio

News and business from the farming sector. Audio

The Ministry for Primary Industries is closing down its biosecurity response to a potato virus after survey work revealed it's widespread here. Audio

Horticulture New Zealand is welcoming moves by the government to stop productive land falling victim to urban sprawl. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

DairyNZ says a grass roots system of rewarding farmers who lower their greenhouse gas emissions and penalising those who raise them is the best pathway for environmental improvement. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The country's biggest rural services company, PGG Wrightson, thinks the cattle disease, Mycoplasma bovis is still some way off being eradicated from New Zealand. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

As you will have heard earlier in the hour, Fonterra is forecasting a loss of 590 to 675 million dollars for its latest full year. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

Fonterra plans to sell down its share in the Chinese infant formula manufacturer Beingmate, after failing to find a buyer for the entire stake. Audio

Irrigation New Zealand says farmers could be hit with big costs if moves to regulate dams and canals catches farm storage ponds in its sweep. Audio

The cost of transporting New Zealand's produce to the rest of the world is forecast to increase due to stricter environmental regulations on the shipping industry. Audio

The woman charged with training agricultural workers says would-be farm students should enrol for their courses as usual, despite yesterday's radical overhaul of vocational training. Audio

Fonterra says it will try to cut methane emissions by ten percent by 2030, though it will be hard. Audio

The former science adviser to the Prime Minister says New Zealand must seriously debate evolving technology such as gene editing. Audio

A standoff appears to be blocking the use of a new chamical that would reduce the amount of methane being emitted by cows and other ruminants. Audio