Movento Technote
Last season Summerfruit NZ and A-Lighter-Touch completed work on a PHI recommendation for a new to Summerfruit insecticide called Movento.
Skill Up on Pollination Field Day, Hawke's Bay
NZ Apples & Pears Inc is holding a field walk on pollination. Come along and talk with growers, beekeepers (Arataki Honey and Kintail Honey), and Plant and Food researchers, as...
Future Orchard Planting Systems (FOPS) Spring Field Walk
An opportunity for growers, consultants, tech providers and researchers to share their experience, and learn from each other. All are welcome!
Handpicked Crew – Spring Update
Handpicked Crew’s attraction campaign is in full swing for the upcoming summerfruit harvest. The focus of the campaign, as it has been in other years, is to attract various workforce...
Kate’s Update
With the welcome arrival of Spring and longer lighter days, I hope that things are progressing well on orchard. A reminder that Summerfruit NZ’s export registration has now opened.
Ronald Vermeulum’s visit to New Zealand
Ronald Vermeulen, a technical horticultural consultant, was recently in New Zealand and presented at a series of grower meetings and field walks in Hawkes Bay, Marlborough and Cromwell.
New Summerfruit NZ Board Member
Reece van der Velden has joined the Summerfruit NZ Board as an exporter representative. Reece is General Manager at New Zealand Cherry Corp and is based in Cromwell.
Labour Webinars - Update
All webinars listed below will shortly all be available to view in the portal. Keep an eye for updates on these.You can find them under: Main menu/All documents/Labour resources.
Pre-Season Production and Labour Survey Begins this Week
This week Summerfruit NZ will be emailing growers and packhouse operators a SurveyMonkey link to an online short, sharp pre-season survey to gather data on this coming season.
Navigating MRL AND PHI Charts
Every year, Summerfruit NZ gets questions about to deal with situations where the chart doesn’t specify an MRL or PHI.