Did you know?
A major Brown Rot report is now available on the Summerfruit NZ Portal, “Managing Pathogen Resistance in Summerfruit”, which is the result of 3 years of work by Plant and...
Did you know?
The species name Botrytis cinerea is derived from the Latin for "grapes like ashes"; although poetic, the "grapes" refers to the bunching of the fungal spores on their conidiophores, and...
Export registration opens on 1 September
Growers, packhouses and exporters can register for export via the secure portal’s online registration system, from 1 September until 31 October.
Plant imports workshop
This week Summerfruit New Zealand attended a workshop to discuss ways of improving MPI’s plant imports system.
Levy renewal consultation meetings in Central Otago
The first round of commodity levy renewal consultation in Central Otago will be held next week.
The Summerfruit Exporters Committee AGM
At the recently-held Summerfruit Exporters Committee's AGM, the exporter Directors for Summerfruit NZ underwent some changes.
Winter chill round up 2019
There is some concern that in places we had a dry autumn and have not yet fully recharged the soil over winter.
Renewing our commodity levy
You may have heard that our Commodity Levy Order (Summerfruit) 2014 is due for renewal in 2020?
Pollination manual on portal
Dr Mark Goodwin's manual Pollination of Crops in Australia and New Zealand, provides summerfruit growers with a range of tools to assess the levels of pollination their crops receive and...
Auckland fruit fly update
As we are nearing the end of winter, Biosecurity New Zealand’s fruit fly response in the Northcote area is about to step up again, with the focus on maintaining controls...