FIVE OF New Zealand's leading farmers have been chosen to join an international discussion around global food security, ahead of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Australia next month.

A PILOT PROGRAMME to develop the skills and confidence of dairy women to influence and lead positive change in their businesses and communities begins in November.

Romeo Bragato – it’s a name that slides off the tongue easily and is as well known in New Zealand as say -  Sauvignon Blanc. 

It is the wine that made New Zealand famous. More than a billion glasses of it are poured overseas every year. It is by far our largest export earner, estimated to bring in $1 billion annually.

PARTICIPATION IN THE Agri-Women's Development Trust (AWDT) programmes and workshops will more than triple this year.

When Greg and Amanda Day purchased their first wine business in 1998 it was always going to be the beginning of something larger. Kahurangi Estate is now much more than a fine wine producer, it is the public face of a business with many arms.

BRETT PARKER was crowned the New Zealand Young Vegetable Grower 2014, beating six other competitors at the national competition on Thursday, April 10.

Vintage 2013 was the largest ever in New Zealand’s history. On the back of some stunning summer and autumn weather, the quality was also high.

ONLY ONE tick affects livestock in New Zealand and this is the New Zealand cattle tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis. This tick originates from eastern Asia and was introduced into New Zealand at least a century ago, most probably on imported cattle.

HORTICULTURE NZ’S new president Julian Raine wants to do things differently to get better value for growers.