Hawke's Bay apple growers are holding their collective breath waiting to see whether spring will bring good or bad news.

Leading figures from major political parties will be grilled on their primary sector policies at the inaugural Rural Issues Debate at Mystery Creek Events Centre on 14 September.

The Olsen family have been involved in diversification for generations in the farming settlement of Opiki in the Horowhenua between Levin and Palmerston North. They have always had a dairy farm and grown potatoes.

The country's second largest milk processor is optimistic that global demand for dairy products will improve end of this year.

Lewis Collins was working on spore trapping as part of his microbiology studies when he thought about the challenge of analysing airborne diseases. By the time useful data was received, it was typically too late to avoid an outbreak within a crop.

The newly elected Director General of the Organisation of Vine and Wine takes up his role on 1 January 2024, 100 years after the organisation began. We ask Dr John Barker about a career that has married his love of law and of wine, and about the significance of having a New Zealander at the helm of the OIV.

The future of farming is digital.

Growing the reputation of New Zealand Wine.

Spray Days

OPINION: The future of agricultural innovation is reliant on the sector being more open with its data.