The recent incursion of the invasive weed velvetleaf is a timely reminder of the importance of biosecurity and machinery hygiene practices.

"Please experiment, please reinvent, please innovate. But please, please, please communicate – talk to your consumer and let them know what you are doing."

Adding value to New Zealand's dairy produce was the strong theme of the official opening of Westland Milk Products' new UHT plant at Rolleston last week.

Right now trading conditions for New Zealand dairying are as challenging as I have seen.

Researchers are about to begin looking at how to gain the health benefits of drinking raw milk without risking the pitfalls.

On our farms, in our universities, research labs and factories, the dairy industry is in a transformation.

Nominations are now open for the 2016 Horticulture Industry Awards.

One of Europe's largest dairy cooperatives is paying farmers to graze cows on pasture as demand for grass-fed milk products rise.

As the famous cheese advertisement says, good things take time.

Fonterra's partnership with Chinese company Beingmate was celebrated in style last week.