26 April 2024
New Zealand Good Agricultural Practice celebrates a major milestone this year, marking 25 years of providing consumers with an assurance that certified fruit and vegetables are produced safely.
20 April 2024
After losing most of the onion crop last year in Cyclone Gabrielle, Hawke's Bay growers are pleased with what has been a good growing season.
15 April 2024
HortNZ is calling on the Government to ensure changes to the Resource Managment Act (RMA) do not put vital domestic fruit and vegetable production at risk.
11 April 2024
The Waimea Community Dam has been a quarter of a century in the making, but it is finally releasing water into the river to fill the aquifers and provide a reliable source of water for the next 100 ye
25 March 2024
The New Zealand-European Union Free Trade Agreement will deliver a major boost to the horticulture sector when it comes into force later this year.
21 March 2024
New Potatoes NZ board member, Bhupen Master, thinks he was probably one of the few Kiwis “doing the trade the other way” in moving home from Australia last year to rejoin the family business.
15 March 2024
From 15 March 2024, all fresh commodity exports to Fiji require an additional declaration on the phytosanitary certificate confirming that the consignment is free from Fall Armyworm.
14 March 2024
They call it a summerfruit orchard, but Diana and Grant Baird pick their peacharines and plums at their Mangaweka Fairview Orchard in the early autumn.
18 February 2024
Growers had the opportunity to hear directly from the Commerce Commission Grocery Team about their rights under the new Grocery Code of Conduct.
16 February 2024
With multiple challenges facing food producers, New Zealand’s longest established process vegetable producer Heinz Wattie’s is investigating new ways to satisfy market expectations and enhance its valuable relationship with growers.