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Tulip Day celebrated internationally - 24 January 2018
With a huge garden full of tulips on the Dam in Amsterdam, a new cut tulip season started on Saturday, 20 January 2018. Tens of thousands of people queued to pick a bunch of free tulips.
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Wed, 24 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +1300
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218 properties infected with Myrtle Rust - 24 January 2018
NZPPI reports that the total number of properties with Myrtle Rust now at 218, with thirteen current sites with reinfections.
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Wed, 24 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +1300
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Uncoventional Lady a highlight for Treloar - 22 January 2018
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.
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Mon, 22 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +1300
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Fine for plant smuggler - 20 January 2018
An air passenger has been fined $2250 for following his cousin's advice to smuggle plant cuttings and seeds into New Zealand.
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Sat, 20 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +1300
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Jobs grow in new Naracoorte specialist seed processing plant - 19 January 2018
Ten new FTE jobs will be created and South Australia’s Limestone Coast will become a world-leading specialist seed processing hub with the construction of a new $5.4 million plant.
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Fri, 19 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +1300
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Panel session on a new structure for industry - 17 January 2018
NGIA’s Structure Review discussions continued through 2017 with a second report delivered to industry representatives last November. This is the single most important issue facing the Industry as it’s network strives to maximise the delivery of benefits and value to its membership.
https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=6&news_id=5488
Wed, 17 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +1300
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UC biotechnologist creates new biodegradable coating to protect crops - 16 January 2018
A novel system for protecting plants from pests, infection and adverse weather has been awarded one of the top prizes in the University of Canterbury’s (UC) Tech Jumpstart competition.
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Tue, 16 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +1300
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2017 NGIV industry award applications open - 16 January 2018
The annual NGIV industry awards are an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of those working in the industry.
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Tue, 16 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +1300
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NZPPI Conference 2018 - 12 January 2018
The NZPPI annual conference will be held in Rotorua at the Rydges Hotel on 27-28 June 2018.
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Fri, 12 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +1300
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Stink bug treatment for Italian shipping containers - 12 January 2018
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has introduced new treatment requirements to stop brown marmorated stink bugs arriving into New Zealand in sea containers from Italy.
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Fri, 12 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +1300
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Fruit fly outbreak declared in West Hindmarsh - 11 January 2018
Biosecurity SA has declared an outbreak of Queensland fruit fly (Q-fly) in West Hindmarsh following the discovery of a gravid (with eggs) female in the area on Monday, 8 January.
https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=6&news_id=5462
Thu, 11 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +1300
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Search on affordable ecolabel for Aussie flower industry - 8 January 2018
Grower, trader, exporter and retailer input is requested as a member of the Australian Flower Industry to ensure the development of a suitable ecolabel.
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Mon, 08 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +1300
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Can agriculture and the climate fix their 'unhappy marriage' in 2018? - 29 December 2017
ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - After René Castro-Salazar attended the first UN-led climate talks in Berlin in 1985 as Costa Rica's environment and energy minister, he tried to talk about agriculture and climate change – but few wanted to join the conversation.
https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=6&news_id=5445
Fri, 29 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300
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New Year’s greetings from GrowerNEWS - 3 January 2018
The team at GrowerNEWS would like to wish our readers, news sources and colleagues a happy and prosperous 2018.
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Wed, 03 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +1300
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New data estimates $2.29b/year for Aussie’s nursery and garden industry - 27 December 2017
New data released by Hort Innovation and Nursery & Garden Industry Australia (NGIA) has shown Australia’s thriving green life businesses produced an estimated $2.29 billion of green life in 2015-16.
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Wed, 27 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300
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Building resilience to extreme weather events - 22 December 2017
In close to thirty years of operation, Lizard Mountain Nursery near Yeppoon had not really felt the wrath of nature until 2015 when Category Five Tropical Cyclone Marcia crossed the coast of Central Queensland.
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Fri, 22 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300
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Urban dwellers also need sustainability - HortNZ - 21 December 2017
Horticulture New Zealand CEO Mike Chapman notes that the 23 December 2017 'Listener' magazine reports that, in the last five years, Aucklanders have chopped down a third of their trees, and that 90% of what is left is at risk of also being cut down.
https://www.growernews.co.nz/news_article.htm?cat=6&news_id=5429
Thu, 21 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300
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Happy Christmas and New Year from NZPPI - 20 December 2017
2017 is all but over and it has been a very busy year with many changes and challenges. NZPPI says it thanks all who have contributed to the Association’s activities and have supported its work.
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Wed, 20 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300
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PMA A-NZ launches its 2018-2020 strategic plan - 20 December 2017
An increasingly demanding marketplace demands an increasingly responsive PMA A-NZ.
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Wed, 20 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300
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Preventing agricultural mobile plant roll-over fatalities - 18 December 2017
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=6&news_id=5412
Mon, 18 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300
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Myrtle Rust locations increase - 18 December 2017
NZPPI reports that with a number of new finds over the past week, the number of new finds since 7 December brings the total Restricted Places to 183.
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Mon, 18 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300
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Could blockchain revolutionise the ag supply chain? - 15 December 2017
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=6&news_id=5402
Fri, 15 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300
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Country freedom status - 15 December 2017
MPI provides a searchable database to help exporters determine whether certain plant pest or disease organisms are present in New Zealand.
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Fri, 15 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300
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Obituary - Alistair Waters - 14 December 2017
NZPPI reports that it is with great sadness that it marks the passing of Alistair Waters, who died suddenly on Thursday 7 December, aged 47.
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Thu, 14 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300
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Ball opens 18-ha production facility in Australia - 11 December 2017
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=6&news_id=5381
Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300
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More biosecurity officers for summer rush - 11 December 2017
Thirty-two new quarantine officers have graduated from their training, bolstering the Ministry for Primary Industries' biosecurity defences at New Zealand’s border.
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Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300
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Free NGIA Conference workshops - 8 December 2017
2018 National Conference is featuring three informative workshops. These workshops are included in the concurrent program and are a great opportunity for more in depth learning.
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Fri, 08 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300
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Nursery & Garden Industry Conference comes to Tassie - 7 December 2017
Every two years a national Nursery & Garden Industry Conference is held in an Australian city. over the past thirty years it has attracted an average of 250 delegates: growers, retailers, suppliers and stakeholders. In 2018, the conference heads to Hobart, Tasmania from 19-21 February.
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Thu, 07 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300
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Implications for Qfly management in temperate regions - 7 December 2017
Now that Queensland fruit fly (Qfly) is established in regions of Australia that were previously thought too cold for the insect, asking questions about winter survival mechanisms seems reasonable, suggests Dr. Penny Measham, Qfly AWM coordinator, SITplus, Hort Innovation.
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Thu, 07 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300
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Farmer confidence falls sharply from record highs - 7 December 2017
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=6&news_id=5367
Thu, 07 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300
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