Summerfruit NZ pre-season SummerGreen series

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