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18-10-2016
Freshmax signs exclusive deal with Provedo
Freshmax has entered into a formal agreement with Provedo to import, test and commercialise the Provedo varieties in Australia.
17-10-2016
Survey results highlight investment priorities
Growing demand in Australia for nursery products, good biosecurity to protect the industry, and building on current investments have emerged as key themes from an online survey helping to set investment priorities for the next five years.
17-10-2016
USDA invests $100 million in promising small businesses
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced the launch of a new private investment fund with the potential to inject $100 million into growth-oriented, small businesses across rural America.
17-10-2016
World Food Day highlights that ag must adapt to climate change
The resounding message from this year's World Food Day celebrations in Rome and in many countries is that climate change, hunger and poverty must be addressed together in order to achieve the sustainable development goals set by the international community.
17-10-2016
FAR to increase levy
The FAR levy on grain and seed crops seed crops will increase by 0.1% from the beginning of 2017. The increased levy will be used to bolster resourcing in three areas considered vital to the future of the arable industry: environment, new crops and biosecurity.
17-10-2016
NZ Food Awards unveils the ‘best of the best’
The winners of the 2016 New Zealand Food Awards, in association with Massey University, were recently unveiled at a gala dinner among 400 guests at the Auckland War Memorial Museum, with nine products from eleven companies taking out the top spots.
14-10-2016
NGIA Structure Review report due this month
Following the conclusion of last month's workshop into the review of the structure of the nursery and garden industry in Australia, the Structure Review Committee have been busy attending to the finalisation of its report.
14-10-2016
Lawmakers asked not to ‘reinvent the wheel’
The country’s lawmakers were asked not to ‘reinvent the wheel’ when Horticulture New Zealand Chief Executive, Mike Chapman, and senior business managers, Richard Palmer and Matthew Dolan, recently appeared before the Primary Production Select Committee at Parliament.
14-10-2016
Slashing the cost of cover crop production
A tillage system from Australia is set to slash the cost and boost the productivity of cover crop planting, globally.
14-10-2016
Big future for bright new spud
There is a new bright-skinned beauty in the potato patch that scrubs up well and is set to cause a bit of a stir.
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