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27-11-2015
AUSVEG Chair, Deputy Chair unanimously re-elected at AGM
New South Wales potato grower, Geoff Moar, has been re-elected unopposed to the position of AUSVEG Chair, following a Board meeting held on Thursday, 26 November in Sydney.
27-11-2015
HortNZ warns Government not to ‘cherry pick’ LWF recommendations
Horticulture New Zealand said it supports the sixty recommendations made in the report by the Land and Water Forum, just released.
26-11-2015
Campaign showcases Aussie macadamias to Chinese consumers
A million dollar consumer marketing campaign has put Australian macadamias in the spotlight for the first time in China.
26-11-2015
MPI unveils mobile biosecurity x-ray machine
The Ministry for Primary Industries has unveiled a new biosecurity tool for keeping destructive pests and diseases out of New Zealand – a mobile x-ray for scanning hand baggage carried by cruise ship passengers.
26-11-2015
Cost challenges force smaller Aussie veg growers into the 'red'
Australian vegetable growers now have the opportunity to benchmark their own businesses against other operations of the same size, with a new discussion paper by industry body, AUSVEG, analysing the financial performance of growers by farm size.
26-11-2015
New citrus Diploma will support next generation of orchard managers
A new two-year, nationally-accredited citrus-specific Diploma of Production Horticulture to be offered by Sunraysia Institute of TAFE, is expected to help support the next generation of orchard managers to drive the Australian industry forward.
26-11-2015
Growing need to revamp national laws governing pesticides
Some thirty years to the day after FAO first launched its International Code of Conduct on the Distribution and Use of Pesticides, the UN food agency is calling on countries to make sure that national regulatory frameworks governing the management of pesticides are kept up to date.
25-11-2015
Growers show MPI their food safety practices
Horticulture New Zealand recently hosted a tour for Ministry for Primary Industries’ staff working on the new Food Act.
25-11-2015
Samoan breadfruit whets appetites in Japan, NZ
The promotion of Samoan breadfruit in Japan has taken a significant step to open up the Japanese market.
25-11-2015
NZ to learn from Europe’s leading agricultural innovators
Like New Zealand, innovation is seen as a major driving force in the future growth of Europe’s agricultural sector.
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