Korean inspector visits Central Otago
Last week Dr Kyu-Ock Yim from Korea's Department of Plant Quarantine, made her official visit to New Zealand to inspect Central Otago cherry exports to Korea.
RMD pest identification available in Clyde
Plant & Food Research (PFR) and MPI are offering remote microscope diagnostics (RMD) pest identification in Clyde, this season.
Happy new year to you and your families
As I swapped a drizzly Nelson morning for the overcast skies of Wellington today, I reflected on the challenges that nature provides us in the horticulture industry – for this...
Research for 2020
Jack Hughes, our new research and development manager, has provided a brief summary of the R&D projects we will be working on with Plant & Food Research during the year.
Farewell from Marie
I hope you all had a great Christmas and managed to get a little time off to spend with family and friends over the busiest time of the season.
EMS 2019-20 available
The Export Marketing Strategy or EMS for the 2019-20 summerfruit season is available online. It can be found on the Summerfruit NZ portal under Main Menu/Export/Export Marketing Strategy.
Welcome Jack Hughes
Welcome to Jack Hughes (seen above with his gorgeous granddaughter) who is taking over from Chris Hale as Summerfruit NZ's research and development manager.
Japanese inspector visits Otago
Summerfruit NZ and MPI accompanied the Japanese inspector around cherry orchards and packhouses in Central Otago this week.
New market monitoring contact
The SEC has appointed Neil McLoughlin to collect export market monitoring data for the 2019-20 season. Exporters can contact Neil by email to neil.mcloughlin@xtra.co.nz or by calling 027 403 6647.
Focus on fruit quality for new scholarship student
Congratulations goes to Michael Hutton who has been awarded the Plant & Food Research/ Summerfruit NZ Student Scholarship for 2019-20.