Archive: February, 2021

Update from Richard Palmer 24 February 2021

This week the Summerfruit NZ team will be emailing documentation to growers about declarations of planted hectares, for the purpose of voting at the AGM.

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Apricots for Asia 2021

Apricots for Asia 2021, a project funded by Summerfruit NZ and AGMARDT, has been underway this season looking into the new Nzsummer series of apricots out of the Summerfruit NZ/Plant...

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Central Otago seasonal worker survey

Summerfruit NZ is conducting a survey of the seasonal workforce in Central Otago. We are trying to get an understanding of the cohort of people currently in the country seeking...

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5+ A Day reports on summerfruit

New Zealand summerfruit have once again proven to be popular products according a report just released by The 5+ A Day Charitable Trust.

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Update from Richard Palmer 17 February 2021

Covid Alert Level changes

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Sharing surplus seasonal staff

While the summerfruit harvest is starting to wind down for the season, other fruit crops are about to face the staff challenges we experienced earlier on, and many orchards and...

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Collaborative team wins Fourneau Trophy

Jack Hughes, Jason Bennett and David Manktelow

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Nzsummer apricots field walk in Central Otago

Central Otago and other South Island growers are invited to an Nzsummer field walk at 4pm on Friday, 5 February at Plant & Food Research's orchard in Clyde, to view...

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HortNZ scholarships for 2021

Every year Horticulture New Zealand (HortNZ) offers scholarships that are open to New Zealand students and trainees who have a special interest in the fruit or vegetable industry and are...

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Seasonal staff enjoy sports evenings

Central Otago orchard workers were able to unwind and have some fun at the Summer Sports Evenings held last week in Cromwell and Alexandra.

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