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Heat on greenhouse growers

18 May 2022

Large commercial greenhouse growers – reliant on heat and carbon dioxide – are searching for viable alternatives to gas and coal, as prices soar and growers seek to reduce their carbon emissions.

Gisborne growers hit by trio of massive rain events

11 May 2022

It rained, it rained again, and then it rained some more. Gisborne growers are counting the cost of one weather bomb after another.

Citrus project aims to lighten spraying impact

11 May 2022

Helping citrus growers increase their stock of beneficial insects, therefore decreasing the need to spray, is the focus of one of a range of projects that aim to help achieve a ‘lighter touch.’

Is fluorescence an answer to diagnosing plant stress?

4 May 2022

Kiwifruit vines in Bay of Plenty are under intense scrutiny from above and below as scientists gather information to discover how fluorescence emitted by their leaves can indicate plant stress.

Preventing injuries in the horticulture industry

4 May 2022

HortNZ has received funding from the ACC for a project to look at how we can decrease injuries and deaths in the industry through tools that reflect what happens out in the orchard & vegetable garden.

Managing the plant pest fall armyworm

3 May 2022

Last month, Biosecurity New Zealand confirmed that a single fall armyworm egg mass has been found in Tauranga. Read more about the current situation and access resources.

Stepping on the scales

28 April 2022

Jamiee Burns, the operations director of J R’s Orchards, likens working out their annual agricultural greenhouse gas emissions number to stepping on the scales.

Freshwater Farm Plans from a grower’s perspective

28 April 2022

As the government works on the direction of the national Freshwater Farm Plan regulations, Pierre Gargiulo has been working through his plan to show how the EMS add-on to GAP can do the job.

Regional events replace this year’s Horticulture Conference

28 April 2022

The HortNZ Board has decided to not hold a Horticulture Conference in 2022.

Flattening the curve – horticulture style

13 April 2022

If a new plant pest enters the country, everyone wants to get rid of it as fast as possible but sometimes eradication is not possible. What can growers do to help flatten an invasion curve?