HORTICULTURE - MSC NewsWire

Young Growers to face-off in final

New Zealand’s top young fruit and vegetable growers will compete for the title of Young Grower of the Year in Napier on Wednesday, 22 August.

Source A HortNZ release

Apple and stonefruit group launch legal action to overturn MPI

A group of five industry members have joined together to challenge last week’s directive by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) for nurseries and orchardists to contain and/or destroy tens of thousands of apple (Malus) and stonefruit (Prunus) plants.

Source A Fresh Plaza release

Seeka to invest $18M in Northland post harvest business

Seeka Limited has announced plans to invest $18m in its Northland post harvest business over the next three years.

Source A Seeka release

Cherry grower building success through direct relationships

One of New Zealand's largest cherry orchards says finding more direct clients will help drive sales, as it expands production over the next five seasons writes Matthew Russell for FreshPlaza.

Source/ReadMore A FreshPlaza release

New technology pays off for Sunfruit Group

New Zealand first technology for packing out apples saw Sunfruit Group gain back a month in productivity results at its new $25million Pack and Cool operation in Hawke’s Bay.

Source/ReadMore A Voxy releas

MYBs generate 'wow factors' in fruits and vegetables

Novelty and health benefits play a major role in influencing consumers’ purchasing decisions and are often controlled in the plant by a family of proteins called MYBs. Understanding how these work could result in new fruits and vegetables on the supermarket shelves.

Source A Plant & Food Research release

Sweet New Zealand strawberries all year round

Dr Mike Nichols, a retired vegetable specialist who spent 40 years teaching at Massey University, has been experimenting with winter strawberries. He has now announced an 18-month experiment of growing and harvesting strawberries year-round has been successful.

Source/ReadMore A FreshPlaza release

Acuris system's robot to bring data to kiwifruit orchards

A battery-powered fully-autonomous robot system, which can scan kiwifruit orchards and offer growers a full picture of their crop via accurate data, drew the interest of many in the horticultural industry at Fieldays.

Source/ReadMore A FreshPlaza release

Felix Insttruments have developed an instrument to measure the ripeness of avocados

Avocados have different stages of ripening and growers, shippers, as well as retailers, want to offer an avocado at the perfect stage of ripening to ensure a high-quality eating experience.

Source/ReadMore A FreshPlaza release

Seeka markets Northland horticultural land holding

Seeka Limited [NZX:SEK] advises that it has today released an information memorandum and process to sell nine orchards, including the six orchards recently acquired from Turners and Growers Horticulture Limited.

Source Seeka

Gisborne Avocado thieves sentenced

Between August 21 and October 11 last year, two men stole avocados from Gisborne orchards, worth about $22,000. It was a series of planned thefts that involved up to five people.

Source/ReadMore Fresh Plaza

Hawke’s Bay’s Young Fruit Grower of 2018 - Lisa Arnold

Lisa, an orchard operations assistant at Bostock NZ has emerged victorious against seven other entrants to be named Hawke’s Bay’s Young Fruit Grower of 2018.

Source A HorticultureNZ release

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