Summerfruit NZ is hosting pre-season SummerGreen meetings in the Hawke’s Bay and in Central Otago during October.
Come along to hear about the advances made on several of the R&D activities that Summerfruit NZ has been progressing over the last 18 months. Dean Smith, the new Summerfruit NZ Chief Executive, will also be attending, so this is a great opportunity to meet Dean.
- Update on the A Lighter Touch programme: understory project and crop protection trial work
- Biosecurity update by Anna Broxham, Summerfruit NZ Biosecurity Manager
- Promising results from the biofungicide screening trials against Monilinia, Botrytis and Pseudomonas (Plant & Food Research)
- Outcomes from the Harvista trial work (AgroFresh)
- Summerfruit NZ 2023-24 market price summary from Richard Mills, Summerfruit NZ Technical Advisor
- Climate change mitigation and on-orchard carbon foot-printing related to summerfruit production systems: a summary of findings by Brent Clothier, Plant & Food Research.
SummerGreen Hawke’s Bay
When: Wednesday 16 October,
Timing: 1:30pm to 4:30pm
Where: No.5 Café and Larder, 248 State Highway 51, Mangateretere
SummerGreen Central Otago
When: Wednesday 23 October
Timing: 1:30pm to 4:30pm
Where: Alexandra Bridge Club, 52 Boundary Road, Alexandra