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23-05-2016
Lincoln’s role in Indonesian ag project formalised
Lincoln University’s part in a USD $106m (NZD $156m) project to sustainably manage and help spread technology through Indonesian agriculture has been formally recognised.
20-05-2016
NZPPI heralds change in local industry
Early May saw the next step in the implementation of a new model for a New Zealand plant producer-led industry body when the Plant Producer's Working Group and the NGINZ Board met.
20-05-2016
HFF Perfection Fresh Breakfast - Guest Speaker Frank Costa
From chairman of the largest privately owned fresh fruit and vegetable grower in Australia to past-president of the Geelong Football Club, Frank Costa in an inspiration to all.
20-05-2016
Ethephon, enhancing colour in apples
According to Angus Crawford of APAL, Ethephon has a range of valuable uses in the orchard, but growers need to carefully consider how and when it is used to enhance colour because its use before harvest can affect other fruit quality traits and long-term storage potential.
20-05-2016
Food Safety Science and Research Centre launched
The New Zealand Food Safety Science and Research Centre was recently launched in Palmerston North.
20-05-2016
Curious minds and the science of the spud
The potato may not be the obvious choice as a means of inspiring young minds about science, but that’s precisely the point for Plant & Food Research soil scientist, Dr Trish Fraser.
20-05-2016
NZ Winegrowers welcomes modernisation of Customs and Excise regime
New Zealand Winegrowers has welcomed the announcement by the Minister of Customs around the modernisation of New Zealand’s Customs and Excise legislation.
20-05-2016
Uncontrolled urban sprawl will increase NZ veg prices
According to Horticulture New Zealand, it’s a simple equation: Auckland spreads its housing into our fruit and vegetable production land equals all will pay more for food.
20-05-2016
Food guidelines offer opportunities to protect the planet, too
What we eat matters not just for our health, but for the planet, too. Yet only a handful of pioneering governments have issued guidelines promoting ‘win-win’ diets that can help tackle two of the most urgent challenges of our time: securing good nutrition for all and addressing climate change.
19-05-2016
Hort crops to benefit from improved access to AgVet Chem programme
Peak industry body, Growcom, said that it has congratulated Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce on following through on his election promise to facilitate better access to agricultural chemicals.
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