22 June 2022
Seed companies are trying to manage their costs to growers in an effort to reduce their spending.
Five years ago, the blackcurrant industry faced serious challenges when a major buyer ended its contracts with half the industry’s growers.
21 June 2022
A great growing season this year has resulted in an early mandarin crop with high yields and quality fruit.
15 June 2022
Reducing injuries and preventing deaths in our industry is the objective of an ACC-funded project that HortNZ is leading.
Several spin-off businesses associated with Waikato University are busy tackling the issue of labour shortages in horticulture.
One of the youngest fruit growing grandsons from the original Paulin family in Central Otago, has created his own cherry orchard, along with a state-of-the-art packhouse.
10 June 2022
Media Release: Jacob Coombridge, a 22-year-old Orchard Supervisor at Webb’s Fruit, has won the 2022 Central Otago Young Grower competition.
8 June 2022
Stu Weston, chief executive officer of post-harvest business Apata, has been part of the kiwifruit industry since 1991. An episode of burnout years ago still informs how he works today.
Vegetable growers in New Zealand could soon be producing food with reduced, or no need, for chemical sprays.
Media Release: Horticulture New Zealand, as a partner He Waka Eke Noa, supports the partnership’s recommendations.
