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14-12-2016
Seeka launches planting programme for new GEM Avo
Seeka announced that it has launched the first phase of the commercial planting program for its new GEM Avocado variety, which the company says has already drawn strong interest from potential growers.
14-12-2016
Aussie melon levy begins 1 January 2017
Peak Industry Body, Growcom, says it congratulates the melon industry on the introduction of a melon levy to fund industry research and development, and biosecurity from next year.
14-12-2016
Kenyan organic macadamias provide cushion against drought
GITHURE, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - On a dusty summer day in this village in central Kenya, a group of farmers in brown overcoats and black gumboots are spreading mulch around macadamia trees.
14-12-2016
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug biocontrol project – help needed
Plant and Food Research is conducting research on the potential to use a parasitic wasp (T. japonicus) as a biocontrol option, should a population of Brown Marmorated Stink Bug be detected in New Zealand.
14-12-2016
Young Grower of the Year 2017
The date and venue for the 2017 Young Grower of the Year final have now been confirmed.
14-12-2016
Sweet success for Fiji’s spicy ginger
When young Chinese immigrant Calvin Qiu harvested his first crop of ginger in Fiji’s fertile soil one day in 1997, little did he imagine that his tiny patch would grow into one of the country’s biggest exporters of the much sought after spice in just a few years.
14-12-2016
Blind seed disease
The Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) suggests that with continued wet weather, blind seed disease is a potential problem in ryegrass seed crops where flowering is underway or about to begin.
14-12-2016
Improving nitrogen management in NZ potato crops
Sarah Sinton, from Plant & Food Research, says that, historically, in-season petiole N testing has been the principle method used in New Zealand to assess the nitrogen (N) requirements of potato crops.
14-12-2016
Veg industry teaching kids their ABCs
Australia’s vegetable industry has teamed up with scientists and educational researchers to combat concerns about Australian kids’ diets and teach them that eating vegetables is as easy as ABC – as long as ABC stands for artichokes, broccoli and carrots.
13-12-2016
Aussie company launches rebrand
Perfection Fresh Australia CEO, Michael Simonetta, recently unveiled his company’s rebrand. The new look will unify Perfection Fresh Australia’s full produce range, which included Broccolini®, Qukes® baby cucumbers, tomatoes, Calpyso®
mangoes and Perfection® raspberries and blueberries.
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