While grapes have been a tiny segment of the Marlborough landscape for well over a hundred years, it has only been since 1973 that the region has forged a reputation as a world-renowned producer.

COLOSTRUM BASED products to be made at a new $10 million New Image Group plant in Auckland are an example of “more of where New Zealand’s primary industry is going,” says Trade Minister Tim Groser.

The big winners at the 2012 Southland Dairy Industry Awards are newcomers to the province, who share common interests and business strengths.

Tucked away in the top north-west corner of the South Island the stunningly scenic Golden Bay area is home to three wineries. While part of the wider Nelson region, Golden Bay has slipped under the radar from a winemaking point of view. However when you look at the climate and soil structures it is not surprising there are some outstanding wines being produced in the region.

The silence from the New Zealand wine industry was deafening when Neil McCallum (of Dry River Wines) planted the first grapes in Martinborough, in 1980.

HELP IS needed to pack and distribute food hampers to agencies working with Christchurch’s most vulnerable people in what Federated Farmers says will be the Farmy Army’s last operation.

FONTERRA'S NEW director David MacLeod, South Taranaki, has been wired into the dairy industry for over two decades.

HIGH QUALITY feed, every feed, eaten by the best cows you can breed, to produce a top profit. Those are key principles on Alvin and Judith Reid’s home farm near Winchester, South Canterbury, as members of a new DairyNZ discussion group in the region learnt last week.