https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5 This is the latest news from Grower News. en PHP RSS Feed Generator Six new varieties will be available from Treloar Roses in 2018, all bred by the world’s most reputable rose breeder W. Kordes’ Söhne of Germany. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5503 Mon, 22 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5503 Queensland will establish a mandatory labour hire licensing scheme from 16 April 2018 to protect labour hire workers and safeguard labour hire providers that are ethical and responsible. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5477 Mon, 15 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5477 De Ruiter Innovations B.V. says it will be taking part in the IPM to showcase a major selection of its pot rose assortment for pots, patios and other new uses. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5472 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5472 Grower, trader, exporter and retailer input is requested as a member of the Australian Flower Industry to ensure the development of a suitable ecolabel. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5455 Mon, 08 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5455 The team at GrowerNEWS would like to wish our readers, news sources and colleagues a happy and prosperous 2018. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5444 Wed, 03 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5444 A recent IBISWorld report has highlighted strong growth in recent years for Australia’s online grocery sector, with the impending launch of AmazonFresh prompting major supermarket chains to expand their e-commerce channels. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5441 Thu, 28 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5441 Plant & Food Research has announced the appointment of David Hughes as its new Chief Executive Officer. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5430 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5430 An increasingly demanding marketplace demands an increasingly responsive PMA A-NZ. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5422 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5422 In December 2017, a worker on a Tamborine Mountain avocado farm was killed when a single seat ride-on mower being driven by another worker rolled over on a steep slope and crushed her. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5412 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5412 Researchers are boosting their understanding of native stingless bees as pollinators in a $10M effort to help safeguard Australia’s fruit, nut, vegetable and cut flower supply into the future. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5409 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5409 There is a lot of excitement and talk about ‘blockchain’ but yet little is known about what it actually is, and how this digitised technology could be implemented in the agrisector. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5402 Fri, 15 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5402 MPI provides a searchable database to help exporters determine whether certain plant pest or disease organisms are present in New Zealand. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5401 Fri, 15 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5401 The Limestone Coast was the centre of the rose universe earlier this month, when the Rose Society of South Australia converged on Mount Gambier, enjoying a whirlwind tour of the region’s best gardens and the hospitality of The Barn. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5395 Thu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5395 Australia's flower industry associations have been working collaboratively at a national level and with the Nursery & Garden Industry Australia to improve chemical access for flower growers across Australia. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5382 Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5382 Ball Australia says it has exciting times ahead with the expansion of its existing young plant production and seed distribution business. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5381 Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5381 Thirty-two new quarantine officers have graduated from their training, bolstering the Ministry for Primary Industries' biosecurity defences at New Zealand’s border. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5378 Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5378 New Zealand farmer confidence remains at net positive levels overall, but has dropped sharply from the record highs recorded in the previous two quarters, the latest Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey indicates. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5367 Thu, 07 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5367 The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) says it is taking a hard line on arriving air passengers who fail to declare items that could bring pests or diseases into New Zealand. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5330 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5330 The lovely Wattle Flower or Golden Wattle is the national flower of Australia. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5319 Fri, 24 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5319 A position is available for a new board member on the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show Board. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5298 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5298 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. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5279 Thu, 16 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5279 Known as preserved roses, they are 100% natural. The blooms are carefully selected and handcrafted to preserve their beauty for months and even years, according to Gonzalo Luzuriaga, Executive President of BellaRosa, which has been in the market since 1996. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5274 Wed, 15 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5274 A new biosecurity X-ray machine targeting hand baggage carried by international air passengers will be trialled at Auckland Airport this summer. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5266 Tue, 14 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5266 In Australia, the National Rose Trial Garden (NRTGA) was established in 1996 to trial roses not yet commercially released, bred locally or internationally. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5257 Fri, 10 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5257 GIA has recently released its third annual report, covering the 2016/17 year. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5245 Wed, 08 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5245 The International Statistics Flowers and Plants 2017 yearbook shares the available data on the global production and trade of flowers and plants. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5228 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5228 This year’s search for New Zealand’s best young horticulturalist has a distinctly Upper North Island flavour with four out of the five contestants for New Zealand’s Young Horticulturist of the Year 2017 coming from Gisborne, Auckland, Te Puke and Waiheke Island, with and one hailing from Christchurch. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5195 Thu, 26 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5195 The American Floral Endowment (AFE) and the Society of American Florists (SAF) recently released their Floral Purchase Tracking Study. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5176 Thu, 19 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5176 After thousands of crossings and 25 years of experimenting, Interplant says that it has succeeded in creating a new type of rose family that goes beyond the traditional rose, which it calls 'Flow'. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5171 Wed, 18 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5171 Resolutions moved at this year’s AGM provide for the winding up of the NZ Flower Growers Association, unless other solutions are found. https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5166 Tue, 17 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=5&news_id=5166