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Resilience shows in bad year
24 August 2017
Half-year profit is down for apple grower Scales Corporation but managing director Andy Borland described it as a great result in a very difficult period.
Zespri upbeat about possible TPP
21 August 2017
Tariff relief from the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement would save about $1900 for every hectare of kiwifruit grown in New Zealand, Zespri says.
Kiwifruit grower says he didn't spray pollen
16 August 2017
A kiwifruit grower at the centre of a landmark Psa case says he didn't spray his orchard with the pollen claimed to have caused the virus that devastated the industry in 2010.
Horticulture wants protection from houses
9 August 2017
Horticulture New Zealand is calling on the incoming government to address the housing boom’s threat to the country’s most valuable arable land and by implication, NZ’s food security.
New horticulture funding for water protection
8 August 2017
Environment Minister Dr Nick Smith has announced funding of $485,168 from the Freshwater Improvement Fund for a three-year project to measure and manage nitrogen on cropping farms.
T&G income up, profit falls sharply
4 August 2017
Fruit and vegetable marketer T&G Global’s fortunes were mixed in the first six months of 2017.
Droop hits fruit sales
4 August 2017
After a strong three months for fresh fruit exports this year, the April-June quarter was lacklustre with New Zealand’s major fresh fruit exports down on a year ago.
Marlborough Wine Estates on track
3 August 2017
NXT-listed winemaker Marlborough Wine Estates said it was within a 10 percent band of meeting its target for gross harvest, bulk grape sales and domestic wine sales revenue and has slightly exceeded its new international bottled wine sales target despite tough weather conditions and a difficult consumer environment.
Apple industry tops but threats emerge
1 August 2017
The New Zealand apple industry’s prowess has been recognised with the World Apple Report naming it the world’s most competitive apple performer for the third year running.
Kiwifruit industry needs foreign workers
31 July 2017
EastPack, New Zealand’s biggest packer of kiwifruit, says the industry has an “absolute need” for foreign workers to process fruit during the 12-week season when staff numbers soar to about 3000 from 200 the rest of the year.
