Yara NZ Women in Horticulture Scholarship
Yara New Zealand is pleased to announce that the Yara NZ Women in Horticulture Scholarship is open for 2024.
Japan and Korea tape
All fruit exported to Japan or Korea must be packaged using specific tape.
Calling all new growers – please register with Summerfruit NZ
Packhouse and Orchard Managers, please ensure that all new growers you are working with are registered with Summerfruit NZ.
60 growers complete survey
Sixty growers completed the Summerfruit NZ survey late last month.
2024 Pre-season Update
In this update: Summerfruit export programmes China registration Thailand GMP certificate Thailand residue testing Indonesia prior notification Fruit fly OAP Weed seed tolerance (Australia) ICPR requirements & updated ICPR summary Agrichemical compliance Documentary requirements for Australia Phytosanitary inspector training Summerfruit Export Programmes General Summerfruit…
New Summerfruit NZ chief executive announced
Dean Smith is the new Summerfruit NZ chief executive.
VOTING ENTITLEMENTS FOR THE 2024 AGM
If you wish to vote at the 2024 AGM, you need to declare your planted hectares completely, correctly and on time, or you will not be eligible to vote.
Export Registration – China
China Customs requires a list of growers and packhouses that wish to export cherries to China.
Summerfruit NZ Joins the Plant Pass Operational Agreement
Ensuring Sustainable Growth: Summerfruit NZ Joins the Plant Pass Operational Agreement, GIA (Government Industry Agreement).
Carbon footprinting of Cherry production.
The first quantification of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from cherry production in New Zealand has been carried out by Dr Brent Clothier of Plant & Food Research for Summerfruit NZ.