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07-06-2016
Environment awards showcase best of NZ Ag, Hort
Supreme winners from the eleven regions participating in the 2016 Ballance Farm Environment Awards will be honoured at New Zealand Farm Environment Trust’s National Sustainability Showcase in June.
07-06-2016
Industry to celebrate unlimited potential of Aussie women in hort
A group of Australian horticulture’s prominent female identities will discuss the unlimited potential of women in the industry during the 2016 Women in Horticulture networking event on Saturday, 25 June.
03-06-2016
Aussie growers at risk from Oakville’s problems - AUSVEG
National vegetable industry body, AUSVEG, said that it is concerned that Australian potato growers will be left out of pocket following Australia’s largest potato supplier entering receivership in early May.
03-06-2016
New screening software allows full control
The Connected Screening module connects the advanced software of the Hoogendoorn iSii process computer with a wide range of Svensson climate screens to allow full control over humidity transfer, light transmission and energy savings.
03-06-2016
Commodity trends point to stable food prices
Global food commodity markets are on a stable path for the year ahead, with solid production prospects and abundant stocks pointing to a broadly stable outcome for prices and supplies, FAO said.
03-06-2016
HIA seals research deal with Indian superpower
A landmark research agreement between Horticulture Innovation Australia (Hort Innovation) and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR, Government of India) was recently signed in New Delhi – marking the second such agreement with a substantial Indian agricultural agency in as many months.
03-06-2016
Australian Research Council to fund food safety projects
The Australian Research Council reported that it will fund important food safety projects in the fresh produce industry through the University of Sydney and Fresh Produce Safety Centre.
02-06-2016
Pea Weevil found in straw
MPI has recently advised of the detection of pea weevils at a number of Wairarapa properties harvesting pea straw.
02-06-2016
Fungi workshop first of its kind
Some of the world’s leading experts in fungal biology and the study of pest and weed invasions met recently at a workshop organised by researchers from Lincoln University’s Bio-Protection Research Centre.
02-06-2016
From Silicon Valley to National Hort Field Day
The National Horticultural Field Day has confirmed an international speaker to its BNZ Seminar Series speaker line up, much to the delight of Field Day organisers.