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21-09-2015
AmericanHort to represent US garden retailers in the international garden centre association
The Board of Directors of the International Garden Centre Association (IGCA) has recently selected AmericanHort to be the US representative to the industry body.
21-09-2015
Plant & Food Research joins United Fresh NZ
Plant & Food Research is now a member of United Fresh, which has 86 members from across the fresh produce value supply chain.
21-09-2015
Electrolysed water could benefit hort
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has recently reported that Tasmanian vegetable grower could soon be using electrolysed water on their crops as an alternative to some chemicals, if tests confirm suspected benefits. Electrolysed water works as a surface sanitiser, and is produced by passing an electrical current through salt water.
18-09-2015
Van Gogh honoured with dahlias
Every September, people from all over the Netherlands gather in the town of Zundert to watch extravagant dahlia-covered floats parade down the streets for the ‘Bloemencorso Zundert', an annual parade celebrating the region’s many varieties of dahlias.
18-09-2015
Aussie hort industry could employ Syrian refugees
The Australian Federal Government’s decision to resettle 12,000 Syrian asylum seekers could be good news for the horticulture industry. According to Tania Chapman, chair of the Voice of Horticulture, the sector is the largest agriculture industry employer and very reliant on seasonal workers, including both backpackers and those on temporary work visas.
18-09-2015
New online course for growers, industry professionals
Those ready to take their knowledge of fertiliser management and plant nutrition to another level can enroll in a new ‘Advanced Nutrient Management for Container-Grown crops’ online course run by the Environmental Horticulture Department of the University of Florada.
18-09-2015
MPI begins final push in fruit fly programme
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is asking Auckland residents to hang in there for just a few more months while it completes its programme to eradicate a small population of the horticultural pest, the Queensland fruit fly.
18-09-2015
More MPI frontline staff to protect NZ
Nearly fifty new frontline staff will help the Ministry for Primary Industries to protect New Zealand.
18-09-2015
US potato virus Y expert to enlighten WA growers
Western Australian potato growers will have the rare opportunity to learn from world-leading Potato virus Y researcher, Dr Alexander Karasev, from the University of Idaho at a special potato growers workshop to be held in Manjimup on Monday, 21 September.
17-09-2015
Aussie/Indian research to manage biosecurity threat in veg
Horticulture Innovation Australia (Hort Innovation) and Bioseed Research India (BRI) have announced a strategic research partnership to undertake biosecurity research for management of tospoviruses in vegetables.
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