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Non-Chemical Weed Management Workshop – Fighting Herbicide Resistance

Dr Charles 'Merf' Merfield is running an updated version of his non-chemical weed management workshop. With the current MBIE Herbicide Resistance project finding large amounts of herbicide-resistant weeds in New...

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Kate’s update

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Announcement - Nzsummer apricots Master Licence signed

It’s with great pleasure that Summerfruit NZ and Plant & Food Research announce the signing of a Master Licence agreement for the commercialisation of five Nzsummer apricot selections from within...

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Preventing injuries in the horticulture industry

Horticulture New Zealand has received funding from the ACC (Accident Compensation Corporation) for a project to look at how we can decrease injuries and deaths in the industry through tools...

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BusinessNZ event in Alexandra to cover new immigration rules

On Wednesday 11 May, the Government announced that international barriers will be removed by the end of July 2022.

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Southern Business Growth and Support Virtual Conference 24th – 26th May

Connected have partnered with DigitalBoost to organise the Southern Business Growth and Support Virtual Conference 24 – 26 May 2022.

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R&D – A-Lighter-Touch update

A Lighter Touch webinars set to start A Lighter Touch (ALT), the pan-industry project to reduce agrichemical use, is running a series of webinars about enhancing agroecosystems. Dr Charles Merfield...

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NTWG interpreting and seeking recognition of GLOBALG.A.P. v6

Two weeks ago, GLOBALG.A.P. announced a new version for the Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA) standard. Version 6 of the GLOBALG.A.P. assurance framework was launched and an updated GRASP standard version 2.

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Free funded training with Elemental Potential

Elemental Potential is offering free online training to help provide skills employees need to be better communicators, and more confident leading people.

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Careers Pathway Scheme

Did you know financial support is now available to employers who hire and upskill advisers in the primary industry advisory sector?

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