Levy Consultation in Hawkes Bay next week
The second round of consultation meetings on the commodity levy order renewal began this week in Central Otago with three well attended meetings.
Summerfruit Crop Protection Information
There are three main planks to the Summerfruit NZ crop protection activities which ensure growers are able to use, and have access to, appropriate crop protection tools.
Commodity levy renewal consultation round 2 begins
The second round of consultation meetings on the commodity levy order renewal will begin next week.
Updated Korean ICPR for cherries
Korea’s conditions for cherries have been updated in the ICPR. An additional declaration has been added into the fresh fruit section of the ICPR (Section 4.1.1) to confirm that cherries...
Botrytis research key findings
In the last issue of Prunings we pulled out some of the findings relating to brown rot in summerfruit.
Export registration underway
Don’t forget that registration for OAPs to Japan and Western Australia close on 25 September. However, export registration for those not participating in an OAP, remains open until 31 October.
Update on the use of carbaryl for Japan
For an update on the use of Carbaryl for Japan please refer to the document Additional Information for Summerfruit Growers which can be found on the Summerfruit NZ Portal under...
Marie Dawkins steps down as Summerfruit NZ’s Chief Executive
The board of Summerfruit NZ has very reluctantly accepted the resignation of our Chief Executive Marie Dawkins.Marie has been involved with Summerfruit NZ for 23 years in one form or...
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...
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...