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29-09-2016
Streamlining Aussie fresh produce export access
Australian vegetable growers looking to enter key export markets are set to save significant cost and complication, after global and domestic food-safety certification requirements are combined.
29-09-2016
The Pink Lady global brand, driven locally
‘What is the global Pink Lady® business?’ – or commonly asked another way – ‘So, what is it that you guys actually do?’. When asked this question by APAL’s members and key stakeholders, the industry body’s Craig Chester says he’s reminded of the timeless scene in Monty Python’s ‘Life of Brian’ where The People’s Front of Judea ask ‘What have the Romans ever done for us?’
29-09-2016
It’s all about connections in China
The World Flower Exchange programme (WFE) has been exploring the Chinese market and now aims to put into practice what has been learned. To do this, cooperation is essential.
28-09-2016
HortNZ submission on Food Safety Law Reform Bill
Horticulture New Zealand, supported by twelve grower groups, has made a submission on the Food Safety Law Reform Bill to the Primary Production Select Committee.
28-09-2016
Backpacker tax resolution a relief for grower orgs
Australian horticulture industry bodies, AUSVEG and Growcom, have applauded the decision from the Federal Government to reduce the tax rate for working holidaymakers to a lower rate of 19 per cent, rather than the initial proposed rate of 32.5 per cent.
28-09-2016
FAR Ground Rules: Waikato
FAR’s latest environmental newsletter is designed to provide growers with targeted, timely information, which it says is designed to help them to manage their way through the process.
28-09-2016
Climate change could cross key threshold in a decade – scientists
OXFORD, England (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The planet could pass a key target on world temperature rise in about a decade, prompting accelerating loss of glaciers, steep declines in water availability, worsening land conflicts and deepening poverty, scientists recently suggested.
27-09-2016
Puraflow offers effective cleaning solutions
Limex, a Netherlands-based machinery manufacturer, says it offers a unique combination of a complete cleaning of flower buckets with its Puraflow washing equipment and integrated disinfection. It has been tested, using Chrysal Clean Touch, a disinfection agent.*
27-09-2016
Best practice IPM controls pests, reduces chemical use
Growcom's Hort360 programme, considered the best management practice programme for horticulture, has released a new video case study highlighting the farm systems implemented by local Sunshine Coast grower Taste 'n' See to control pests and reduce chemical use.
27-09-2016
NZ wine rewarded at international comp
Results just released by one of the world’s most prestigious wine competitions could be considered a testament to the rising quality and diversity of New Zealand wines.
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