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17-11-2017
Aussie veg industry cash income rates highest in a decade
Increased production levels per farm and higher market prices for produce led to improved income levels for Australian vegetable growers in 2015-16, according to ABARES’ latest vegetable industry survey.
17-11-2017
R&D should remain at forefront of ministry restructure - HortNZ
The Government is set to restructure the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), creating separate Ministries of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry, with horticulture coming under the umbrella of Agriculture. Biosecurity and Food Safety are also tagged as separate portfolios, Horticulture New Zealand CEO Mike Chapman reports.
17-11-2017
$7.4 million to protect Gisborne land from erosion
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is providing funding for the treatment of 4,893 hectares of erodible land in the Gisborne district.
17-11-2017
Freshfel Europe attends EUFRUIT General Assembly
On 14 November 2017, the EUFRUIT consortium met in Brussels for its yearly General Assembly. EUFRUIT is a multi-layered, thematic network under the Horizon 2020 programme (Project ID: 696337) that aims to bridge the gap between research outcomes and uptake of those results by the sector itself.
17-11-2017
Hickling is NZ’s Young Horticulturist of the Year 2017
Shanna Hickling has become only the third woman in thirteen years to win horticulture’s top Young Horticulturalist of the Year Award 2017.
16-11-2017
Better soil could trap planet-warming carbon
ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Improving soil health in farmlands could capture extra carbon equivalent to the planet-warming emissions generated by the transport sector, one of the world's most polluting industries, experts said.
16-11-2017
New legislation paves way for industrial hemp industry in SA
The proclamation of the Industrial Hemp Act 2017 and associated regulatory framework, which came into effect on Sunday, 12 November, will allow for the cultivation of industrial hemp and the processing and manufacture of industrial hemp products in South Australia.
16-11-2017
WTO appellate decision against Indonesia
Horticulture New Zealand reported that last Thursday, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Appellate Body confirmed that a number of Indonesian trade barriers were inconsistent with global trade rules, upholding the findings of a WTO dispute settlement panel in December 2016.
16-11-2017
Cant’y growers reminded to irrigate grass not road
With irrigation season underway Environment Canterbury is reminding irrigators to be aware of where their water is going and irrigate the grass and not the road.
16-11-2017
Grower-focused precision cropping
Popular demand has driven the development of a new precision agronomy course for grain growers to be delivered by the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Tocal College.
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