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Wine scientist Dr David Heatherbell had a major influence on New Zealand's horticulture and wine industry, says two of his colleagues.

Plans are afoot for an energy farm, which will demonstrate how productive land can be optimised to grow high-value horticulture crops while generating commercial-scale solar energy.

Felton Road produces two distinctly different single vineyard Pinot Noirs from two relatively close Bannockburn vineyards, both farmed biodynamically. Ziyu Li, from Lincoln University’s Department of Wine, Food and Molecular Biosciences, has been exploring the distinctive sensory profiles of these wines, along with their chemical differences, by considering the individual sites, rootstocks, soils and rhizosphere microbes. In this Q&A, Ziyu takes us from land to lab to explain her work.

A seminar on rural dispute resolution has been organised at Lincoln University, Christchurch this month.

The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Lincoln University and Ballance Agri-Nutrients is being hailed as a significant milestone.

The highly anticipated South Island Dairy Event (SIDE) is returning to Lincoln University.

Mental health and resilience programme WellMates is available at Massey University for a second year after research found that it has significantly benefitted participants.

Research into the impacts of the inaugural rollout of the WellMates programme at Massey University has shown promising results and outlined ways to strengthen its delivery, the university says.

A new study from Lincoln University’s Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit (AERU) has put a valuation on the NZ Food Safety Science & Research Centre in terms of its value to New Zealand.

Developing a banana wine to reduce waste in his home country of Sri Lanka eventually led Pradeep Wimalasiri to Lincoln University, following a fascination for fermentation. Pradeep undertook a master's research project on the effect of whole bunch fermentation on Pinot Noir wine composition and is now working on a PhD that continues that investigation. He talks about some of the work.