Record 551 to 560 of 670
15-10-2013
Important issues discussed at PMAC meeting
A wide range of horticulture industry product groups, HortNZ and Horticulture Export Authority representatives recently attended the Plants Market Access Council Executive meeting and AGM.
14-10-2013
Robot prunes, fertilises greenhouse crops
Argentina's National Institute of Agricultural Technology has developed a new robot to improve the production in intensive greenhouse crops such as vegetables, aromatic plants and flowers.
23-09-2013
Six finalists dig deep for young horticulturist comp.
Fresh from winning their sector competitions across floriculture, fruit and vegetable, parks and gardens, landscaping, viticulture, nursery and garden, six finalists are planning for the Young Horticulturist of the Year competition in November.
19-09-2013
Fresh new look for Primary ITO
The Primary ITO (Industry Training Organisation) was created from the merger of the Agriculture ITO and Horticulture ITO back in 2012. It now has a new logo to support its brand.
10-09-2013
Urgent amendment on nursery stock imports issued by MPI
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has issued an urgent amendment to the import health standard (IHS) 155.02.06: Importation of Nursery Stock, under section 24A of the Biosecurity Act (1993).
02-09-2013
Japanese Plant Pest List Expands
MPI has advised that Japan has recently proposed amendments to their Quarantine Pest List with the addition of 212 new species, of which 16 are listed in the Plant Pest Information Network (PPIN) as being present in New Zealand.
30-08-2013
Bee Virus Health Check Launched
Innovative diagnostic tests of Bee DNA have been launched by a Gisborne diagnostics laboratory to allow early detection of several bee viruses associated with overwintering losses, reduced hive numbers and reduced bee lifespans.
29-08-2013
Plant Market Access Staffing Boost
PMAC have approved 3 additional FTE's for the Ministry of Primary Industry to resource priorities for Plant Market Access to enable longer term priorities in market access to be addressed alongside short term threats such as the PSA Virus
29-08-2013
FMG, MetService develop rural weather smartphone app
New Zealand rural insurer, FMG, has partnered with weather experts, MetService, to develop the FMG Rural Weather app - a portable, free, personalised tool designed specifically to help farmers and growers prepare for NZ's challenging weather patterns.
28-08-2013
Floriculture InfoSearch launched
A comprehensive information resource including a powerful search facility has been launched in the US designed to allow Flower industry participants to query over 100 years of technical information on flower production and related archives
Classifieds
