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Improving Air Quality in Hawke’s Bay

Hawke’s Bay growers will be aware that the outdoor burning of orchard material is restricted under Hawke’s Bay Regional Council (HBRC) regulations, relating to the time of the year and...

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International Symposium on Apricot and Plum Genetics, Breeding and Culture

An international symposium on apricot and plum genetics, breeding, and culture is being held in Avignon, France, from 22 to 25 April 2024. For those who are interested, see

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101 Introduction to Summerfruit NZ

Central Otago

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Summerfruit NZ pre-season SummerGreen series

Central Otago

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Rootstock Technote

A new technote on rootstocks is available on the Summerfruit NZ portal under On Orchard/Nursery. The Technote presents a summary of summerfruit rootstock R&D tand provides a summary of the...

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Handpicked Crew Webinars with PICMI

As part of the seasonal Handpicked Crew campaign, Genevieve Griffin-George of PICMI will be leading a series of webinars during October to support growers to enhance their HR practises, and...

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Calling all new growers – please register with Summerfruit NZ

Packhouse and Orchard Managers, please ensure that all new growers you are working with are registered with Summerfruit NZ.

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Cherries to Hong Kong

Summerfruit NZ has issued an update regarding the export of cherries to Hong Kong. Please refer to the Summerfruit NZ Portal under Export / Current Export Season.

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Japan and Korea Tape

All fruit exported to Japan or Korea must be packaged using specific tape. This tape comes in different colours based on the market and includes wording as required by the...

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Annual General Meeting – 3rd November 2023

The Thirtieth Annual General Meeting of Summerfruit New Zealand Incorporated will be held via Zoom on Friday 3 November 2023.

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