Record 771 to 780 of 4390
15-08-2016
ProductionWise® training workshops
Growers are invited to attend a workshop to help better understand and utilise all the tools ProductionWise® has to offer.
15-08-2016
Biosecurity update
The Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) has released an update on a couple of biosecurity issues currently affecting crops.
15-08-2016
Workplace accident in Horowhenua claims life
A Horowhenua man was fatally injured on a potato farm in Moutoa near Shannon, Horticulture New Zealand has reported.
15-08-2016
Kiwi collaboration donates 20 tonnes of fruit to Fiji
Delivery of 20 tonnes of Zespri Green Kiwifruit began at schools in Fiji on 10 August to communities affected by shortages of healthy food due to Cyclone Winston. The donation was the result of collaboration of five companies: Zespri, T&G, Tauranga Kiwifruit Logistics, SEMCO and Maersk.
12-08-2016
Fresh Facts goes mobile
Fresh Facts, the annual statistics resource for the New Zealand horticulture industry, is now available as an app for mobile devices.
12-08-2016
$36.5 million for US specialty crop research and extension investments
Agriculture Secretary, Tom Vilsack, has announced nineteen grants totaling $36.5 million for research and extension to support American farmers growing fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture and nursery crops including floriculture.
12-08-2016
Zespri welcomes changes to Kiwifruit Export Regulations
Zespri has welcomed the Government’s announcement that Cabinet has approved amendments to the Kiwifruit Export Regulations.
12-08-2016
T&G Global CFO to return to BayWa
T&G Global, the fruit marketer controlled by Germany's BayWa, said Chief Financial Officer, Harald Hamster-Egerer, would leave the company next February to return to the parent.
12-08-2016
Aussie veg growers’ confidence on the rise
Australian vegetable growers are feeling more confident about their industry, with the latest results from the industry’s Economic Confidence Survey showing that confidence has increased by over 32 per cent during the June 2016 quarter.
11-08-2016
Pushing orchard performance boundaries
AgFirst’s John Wilton hones in on some key factors – particularly chemical thinning in the lead up to spring – that orchardists can concentrate on to optimise yield and fruit colour.