Export to Australia – important updates
There will be no OPI inspector in Central Otago this season, and the programme is coming to an end in April 2020.
BMSB update
China is a significant source of brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) being found at the border.
Picker wrist bands available
There are seven colours of wrist band available to purchase from Summerfruit NZ. Useful for training new pickers and helpful for QC staff, our range of wrist bands can be...
Inspection pad check
Now is a good time for export packhouses to check their stocks of inspection pads.
Observations from the field
The warm to hot conditions have prompted me to think about the PET (potential evapotranspiration) situation.
Summerfruit NZ signs Biosecurity Business Pledge
Summerfruit NZ has signed the Biosecurity Business Pledge as a support organisation under the ‘This Is Us – Biosecurity 2025’ programme.
Observations from the field – Carpophilus beetle
During a recent visit to a Hawkes Bay summerfruit orchard (29 Oct), I was alerted to the presence of significant numbers of Carpophilus beetles in the traps (as shown below)...
Comments on the Hawkes Bay hail event and fruit to market
An event of the scale and earliness of the 1 October Hawkes Bay hail event has not been witnessed before, therefore we have no real idea of what the impact...
Thoughts from the field for Hawkes Bay growers
I have been talking to a few people over the last couple of weeks following the hail event and now 100 odd mm of rain.
Wheat bug notification in NZ exports to Australia
Australia has notified MPI that they have been detecting wheat bug (Nysius huttoni) in fruit exported from New Zealand. Wheat bug is a quarantine pest for Australia, USA and Korea.