HORTICULTURE - MSC NewsWire

NZ Avocado orchardists plant up

Avocado lovers could have reason to rejoice. Avo prices could drop eventually as more New Zealand avocados come on to the market. The group marketing New Zealand avocados says rapid industry growth should help ease supply pressures report FreshPlaza.

Source A FreshPlaza release

MPI fails to engage with affected apple and stonefruit industry members - seeking to extend High Court deadline

Following the High Court judgment handed down on Thursday, 23 August 2018, the apple and stonefruit orchardists and nursery owners at the heart of this matter are still waiting to meet with MPI to discuss the appropriate management of their plant material.

Source A Catalyst Communications release

Public visits planned for one of New Zealand's largest tropical fruit farms

There are plans underway for the public to get access to a banana plantation in Northland early next year.

Source/ReadMore A FreshPlaza release

Judge calls MPI destruction order 'unlawful'

Fruit trees being chipped before burning at Pattullos Nurseries.

Too late for many New Zealand trees - A Hawke's Bay fruit grower says he has suffered financially and emotionally after he was made to burn thousands of fruit trees while waiting for a High Court judgement.

Source A FreshPlaza release

Apple and stonefruit group willing to engage in meaningful discussions with MPI following High Court judgment

The group of five industry members who joined together to challenge MPI’s directive for nurseries and orchardists to contain and/or destroy tens of thousands of apple (Malus) and stonefruit (Prunus) plants has received the High Court judgment and is currently reviewing this in detail.

Source A Catalyst Communications release

Horticulture levy votes successful

Horticulture groups seeking levy renewals have all had votes of confidence from growers to continue the work of the industry good organisations Horticulture New Zealand, TomatoesNZ, Vegetables New Zealand, Process Vegetables New Zealand, and Onions New Zealand report FreshPlaza.

Source/ReadMore A FreshPlaza release

NZ pipfruit industry heading for a record 2018 crop, MyFarm says

Indications for this year's pipfruit crop are that orchard gate prices could rival the records set in 2016 and deliver grower returns well into the double-digits.

Source A My Farm Investments release

New Zealand’s Pukekohe agri hub under pressure

New Zealand’s domestic vegetable production is becoming more and more important. Kiwis are fortunate to have the majority of their fresh fruit and vegetables locally grown and available for domestic consumption, spending over $1.3 billion on vegetables and approximately $970 million on fruit annually report FreshPlaza.

Source A FreshPlaza release

Sterile codling moths dispersed

This week, thousands of sterile codling moths are being dropped by drone onto central Hawke's Bay apple orchards to help wipe out the destructive wild population of the pest according to a report by FreshPlaza.

Source A FreshPlaza release

EIT student boosts orchard workers’ fitness levels

Roman Roberts guides Abraham Leo (right) through the exercise

A final-year degree student is helping seasonal workers avoid work-related injuries with his specially tailored fitness programme.

Source An EIT release

BayWa reports green figures, but not thanks to German apples

Although it’s only a small part of the group, the good market for New Zealand apples contributed to the positive results of BayWa. The German multinational achieved a turnover of 8.3 billion euro, slightly more than in the same period last year.