Commodity Levy Renewal Round 1 Consultation Outcomes
We’ve now completed the first round of consultation meetings on the commodity levy order renewal.
NIWA's Sudden Stratospheric Warming warning
NIWA’s recent forecast for a Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) event during early September brings back memories for those of us in the industry that experienced this weather phenomenon back in...
Brown Rot, Monilinia Fruiticola, where to from here?
NIWA is predicting unsettled weather in parts of New Zealand for spring and as I write this it is still raining.
Did you know?
A major Brown Rot report is now available on the Summerfruit NZ Portal, “Managing Pathogen Resistance in Summerfruit”, which is the result of 3 years of work by Plant and...
Did you know?
The species name Botrytis cinerea is derived from the Latin for "grapes like ashes"; although poetic, the "grapes" refers to the bunching of the fungal spores on their conidiophores, and...
Export registration opens on 1 September
Growers, packhouses and exporters can register for export via the secure portal’s online registration system, from 1 September until 31 October.
Plant imports workshop
This week Summerfruit New Zealand attended a workshop to discuss ways of improving MPI’s plant imports system.
Levy renewal consultation meetings in Central Otago
The first round of commodity levy renewal consultation in Central Otago will be held next week.
The Summerfruit Exporters Committee AGM
At the recently-held Summerfruit Exporters Committee's AGM, the exporter Directors for Summerfruit NZ underwent some changes.
Winter chill round up 2019
There is some concern that in places we had a dry autumn and have not yet fully recharged the soil over winter.