Dean Smith has been in the role of CEO of Summerfruit NZ for about four months, having succeeded Kate Hellstrom at the end of September. He brings ...

New Zealand cherry exports may be headed for a record year in terms of volume, says Summerfruit NZ chief executive Dean Smith. With the tail of the ...

Productivity in the horticulture sector is being thwarted by different regions in the country having different rules for commercial growers and ...

Arguably one of the country's top dairy company's chief executives, Richard Wyeth has abruptly quit Chinese owned Westland Milk Products ...

OPINION: We are told there is a wine glut - production outstripping demand worldwide - and the words 'wine lakes' are being ...

With less than a week to go before submissions close on the Government’s controversial Gene Technology Bill, two agribusiness ...

New Zealand’s apple and pear industry has surpassed $1 billion in orchard gate returns (OGR) for the first time. Two years on ...

Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand celebrates 30 years since the industry made a commitment to protecting the places that make its famous ...

If a New Zealand wool carpet maker were to win the bid for the hotly debated Kainga Ora state housing contract, the benefits to New Zealand would be ...

Wairarapa wine producer Urlar has completed an extension to its winery, with larger red and white fermentation halls, a dedicated press hall, ...

Brydon Nisbet, the president of Hawke's Bay Fruit Growers Federation, says the mood of growers in Hawke's Bay is quite upbeat because ...

OPINION: Science funding for the bulwark of the nation, agriculture, is in a parlous state and less taxpayer money is shelled out for it every year.