HortNZ Industry Trainee Scholarships available
HortNZ is offering 30 $500 scholarships to industry trainees active in the industry who are studying towards a certificate or diploma.
Primary Industries Good Employer Awards
Ministry for Primary Industries and AGMARDT have opened entries for the 2022 Primary Industries Good Employer Awards. The awards celebrate food and fibre sector employers who demonstrate exceptional employment practices.
Covid Announcement: Horticulture businesses must register as a ‘critical service’
Important COVID-19 announcement
Kate's update
Summerfruit NZ 2022 conference has been cancelledThe Summerfruit NZ Board has made the tough decision to cancel this year’s planned Summerfruit NZ conference due to the on-going disruption and uncertainty...
Summerfruit NZ team news
Anna Clark, Summerfruit NZ’s administrator, is finishing in her role this Friday 11 February.
FOPS Project Field Walk
Growers are invited to a field walk on pruning techniques for cherry and apricot FOPS as part of the SFF Futures FOPS project.
New Zealand Fruit Tree Company Amnesty Notice
New Zealand Fruit Tree Company Limited (NZFTC) is responsible for the administration and management in New Zealand of a range of fruit tree varieties and breeding programmes.
Kate's update
Changes to manage NZ Omicron outbreak As you know, all of New Zealand is now at Red following the confirmed community spread of Omicron.
Grower survey on future orchard production systems
A new research project aims to investigate barriers in adopting new growing systems, validate and refine the performance of the new growing system known as Future Orchard Planting Systems (FOPS),...
Apricot Co - NZ Summer Fresh update
Summerfruit NZ and the Apricot Co Interim Board (ACIB) have made good progress this year to establish an industry led cooperative, now registered as NZ Summer Fresh Ltd (previously referred...