Today, we bring you a series of interviews, conducted with key industry stakeholders at the Hort Connections conference in Melbourne last week.

The annual event attracted a huge crowd of local and international delegates, who gathered to learn more about the opportunities and challenges for the horticulture sector.

The Weekly Times editor James Wagstaff and reporter Conor Fowler caught up for chats with ag investment specialist David Williams, federal Agriculture Minister Murray Watt and Rabobank analyst Pia Piggott.

In this week’s Over The Fence chat The Weekly Times reporter Alex Sinnott catches up with Victorian dairy farmer Ben Bennett for a washup of opening milk prices.