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09-02-2016
World’s largest fruit trade show shines spotlight on Kiwi ingenuity
The world’s fresh produce industry is gathering in Berlin this February to showcase its wares as well as discussing global trends in fruit and vegetable production and consumption.
27-01-2016
$130m project aims to cut food waste from fields to tables
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - More than a third of the world's food goes uneaten, and many crops harvested in Africa are discarded rather than sold, according to an initiative announced on Thursday by the Rockefeller Foundation to cut food waste and loss by half.
27-01-2016
Wine industry global influencers to speak at international celebration
A selection of the crème de la crème of the international wine world will be presenting at the inaugural International Sauvignon Blanc Celebration, held in Marlborough from 1-3 February.
27-01-2016
New series of USDA-funded YouTube hort engineering teaching modules available
Over the past couple of decades, the number of North American institutions that teach horticultural engineering courses as part of an undergraduate curriculum in agricultural engineering programs has steadily declined. However, the need for engineers trained in all aspects of controlled environment crop production has not.
27-01-2016
MPI still working after Tau fly sighting
Work continues in the Ministry for Primary Industries' (MPI) response following the discovery late last week of a single Tau fly in one of the Ministry's fruit fly surveillance traps in Manurewa, Auckland.
26-01-2016
Weekend Valentine's Day boosts flower sales
Valentine’s Day 2016 falls on a Sunday, and many in the US floral industry believing that a weekend Valentine’s Day will result in dampened floral sales.
26-01-2016
Bee semen could save colonies
A team of researchers from the University of Western Australia’s Centre for Integrative Bee Research (CIBER) have discovered that the seminal fluid of male bees kills the widespread sexually transmitted fungus, Nosema apis, offering queen bees protection from the parasite which can be passed on during bee sex.
26-01-2016
World Floral Exposition returns to California
California Association of Flower Growers & Shippers (CalFlowers) says it is thrilled that World Floral Exposition is returning to California in 2016.
26-01-2016
Growcom investigates hort industry red tape
Peak Industry Body, Growcom, reports that it is investigating the costs of red tape in the horticultural industry. It would like to hear from growers about what they calculate are the material effects of government regulation on profitability and productivity in the running of their businesses.
26-01-2016
FAR Northern Crop Research Site field walk
Mike Parker, Allister Holmes and Sam McDougall from FAR, along with Dr Trevor James and Mike Trolove from AgResearch, invite maize growers for a tour of this season’s trials.
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