There's a real need for people to push for, and on behalf of, New Zealand agriculture, says a farming leader recognised in the recent King's Birthday Honours List.

Abel flew through its spray programme – quite literally – in the lead up to vintage 2024.

New Zealand's total harvest will be well down on 2023, with many wine regions reporting lower yields due to poor flowering, drought-like conditions, and in some cases late spring frost damage.

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Recently I have been studying inversion patterns during cold nights across parts of inland Australia.

Winemaker, marketer, communicator and educator Ngarita Warden is diving deep into wine research, with 270 ferments under the microscope this vintage.

Kumeu River's 2024 harvet was done and dusted by mid-March, with light crops ripening quickly in the dry and warm conditions.

Frustrated red meat farmers soundly rejected a move by the Beef + Lamb New Zealand board to increase its director fees.

The Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology has launched its new Level 2 Sustainable Horticulture programme.

A worsening drought in the northern South Island has seen the newly built Waimea Community Dam – in the hills behind Nelson – is doing what it was designed to do for the first time.