Incentives working but more people needed for Otago summerfruit harvest
14 January 2022, New Zealand: Summerfruit growers in Otago are experiencing severe staff shortages, due to the ongoing impact of
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Velvetleaf found in horticultural crop
22 December 2021, New Zealand: Velvetleaf, an unwanted organism under the Biosecurity Act, is a weed that can drop as
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Family traditions continue at historic Gisborne orchard
A Gisborne orchard with a family connection going back more than 100 years changed hands in July, but former owner
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Boysenberry harvest a three-generational labour of love
Three generations of the Sutton family will be involved in the “organised chaos” of the boysenberry harvest that is about
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Pandemic prompts pesto producer to go-local
The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic have prompted Levin pesto company, Genoese Foods Ltd, to source its basil from New
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Riwaka’s Thomas Brothers – 160 years of growing
14 December 2021, NZ: A cherry sits on top of every ice cream that is swirled and handed out to the
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Wairoa trial orchard paves the way for local iwi
A global pandemic, multiple lockdowns and some very wet Wairoa weather have failed to thwart ambitions to use horticulture as
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Hinemoa Quality Producers get proactive with Farm Environment Plans
22 November 2021, NZ: On the rolling country hills of Pukekawa sits a 215-hectare potato and onion growing operation that
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On-farm biosecurity series: People
22 November 2021, NZ: People come and go regularly from horticultural farms and orchards and have likely visited a range of
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Register for HortNZ’s online He Waka Eke Noa webinars
15 November 2021, NZ: HortNZ represents the horticulture industry in the He Waka Eke Noa partnership on climate change. Over the past two
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