Two Waikato agribusinesses, Deosan and Waikato Milking Systems, have joined with the province's rugby stars to promote sport in schools.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the National Young Viticulturist of the Year competition.

Low dairy prices will benefit the New Zealand dairy industry in the long term, says a Lincoln University official.

Entries are now open for the New Zealand Food Awards, providing food, and beverage producers with the opportunity to highlight their products and businesses.

New research into sustainable pest management controls might soon offer avocado growers an effective non-chemical control against leafrollers.

Healthy soils are the foundation of global food production and ought to become a key agenda item in public policy, says the FAO.

With the threat of climate change confronting New Zealand dairy farming, CRV Ambreed says their tropical dairy breed may provide a solution.

By the time these words are in print no doubt most of you will have faced the many challenges of the 2015 harvest head-on – there are also sure to be some interesting ferments still bubbling away.

Metamorphic rocks and shallow schist soils are never far from mind in Central Otago where the wineries are enveloped in the dramatic physical presence of both. 

The man often referred to in Maralborough as Mr Montana, has finally retired after 38 years working for the region’s largest wine company.