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16-12-2016

Judicial review sought by hort, pastoral farmers

Six organisations representing horticulture growers and pastoral farmers in the Waikato have filed an application in the Hamilton High Court for a judicial review regarding a decision made by the Waikato Regional Council (WRC) over the Waikato River cleanup.

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16-12-2016

APAL export resource documents available

In 2016, APAL secured funding from the Australian Government under the Package Assisting Small Exporters (PASE) programme to deliver two export resource documents that are now complete and available exclusively to growers and exporters, on request.

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15-12-2016

NZ Flowers Week

The first ever NZ Flowers Week is the initiative of the National Flower Promotions Group. Rebecca Jones, marketer reports on successes and the next steps

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15-12-2016

Dawn blessing for Massey’s Karaka Grove

Karaka Grove at Massey’s Manawatu campus has been reopened with a dawn blessing.

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15-12-2016

RUCIP European Committee secretariat moves

On 1 January 2017 the RUCIP European Committee secretariat will be effectively transferred from Paris to Brussels. From the same date, a new set of Rules and Practices of the Inter-European Trade in Potatoes (RUCIP) will also start to apply.

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15-12-2016

FYI: Indian Govt developing floriculture as priority sector

With the aim to develop the floriculture as an employment-generating avenue, eying the huge market for its produce at national and international level, India’s government is keen to make this sector a priority.

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15-12-2016

Finding triggers of biennial apple bearing

Australian and German researchers from the Productivity, Irrigation, Pests and Soils (PIPS) programme are embarking on a new project to better understand the underlying processes that cause biennial bearing in apples trees.

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15-12-2016

Aussie veg industry warns against unwelcome holiday guests

With populations of the deadly red imported fire ant threatening to spread across Australia, leading vegetable industry body, AUSVEG, is warning Australians to make sure they don’t accidentally bring some very unwelcome guests with them on holiday this year.

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15-12-2016

MPI amends flower, foliage IHSs

The New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has urgently amended import health standards (IHSs) for cut flowers and foliage.

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14-12-2016

Majestic YoungPlants releases tabletop planter

Majestic YoungPlants launched a new planter, called MiPlant, during Trials Week in Australia.

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