Dr David Jordan says the country’s Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc sits exactly where the market is heading.

Deer Industry NZ chief executive Rhys Griffiths says the figure marks a halt in the herd’s long decline, not a return to growth.

Farmers in the Wairarapa and around Kaikoura are still working through storm recovery months after the floods.

District Mayor Tania Gibson says the district faces a funding assistance rate from NZTA dropping 1% a year for the next two years.

HighGround Dairy quantitative analyst Stu Davison says milk fat is weighing on the Fonterra midpoint.

Methven arable farmer and former Special Agricultural Trade Envoy Hamish Marr says the current arable mix is not viable as it stands.

Tony Trewinnard of Blue Skies Weather says a cold snap gives way to three dry weeks. Full outlook here.

Lead economist at Bagrie Economics says the economics support National’s proposal to break up Foodstuffs.

Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay says the scale of the majority is as telling as the result.

East Coast MP Dana Kirkpatrick says the change has reshaped the Poverty Bay Flats.