1 March 2019
Bharat Bhana and his family have managed to keep their 700ha around Pukekohe in use growing vegetables but he is uncertain how long they can hold out as they are ring-fenced by industrial and housing subdivisions.
28 February 2019
Potato mop top virus, found in New Zealand in September, has now been identified in 13 paddocks with a further 18 paddocks under surveillance.
28 February 2019
A poor growing season for apples and other challenges caused a sharp fall in T and G Global’s earnings last year.
28 February 2019
Top-end winemaker Delegat Group has again set record interim earnings and expects the trend to continue.
27 February 2019
Seeka's aggressive expansion is paying off despite challenges in Australia and with the banana selling business.
Strong profitability in its kiwifruit post-harvest operations compensated for some of the under-performance.
25 February 2019
Scores of biosecurity staff are fanning out over Auckland’s North Shore checking hundreds of surveillance traps and inspecting fruit in search of the Queensland fruit fly.
22 February 2019
Permanent crops for eight industries with collective market values of more than $20 billion have good investment potential in the primary sector, agricultural economist Con Williams says.
21 February 2019
A second Queensland fruit fly has been discovered, this time in Northcote.
20 February 2019
The kiwifruit industry has stepped up its efforts to attract seasonal staff with a campaign to drum up both locals and overseas workers to avoid a looming labour shortage this season.
19 February 2019
A second type of fruit fly, Bactrocera facialis, has been found in a surveillance trap in the Auckland suburb of Otara.
