Far North iwi buys market garden
14 August 2019
Far North iwi Te Rarawa has spent a substantial but undisclosed sum buying the Bell’s Produce horticulture business near Kaitaia.
HORTICULTURE ARCHIVES
Distant experts fight bug threat
13 August 2019
Two scientists on opposite sides of the world are at the forefront of the battle to keep some of the most insidious, damaging pests at bay from valuable food crops. This summer in northern Italy they are working closely in an effort to try to stymie the spread of the voracious brown marmorated stink bug there and keep it out of New Zealand entirely. Richard Rennie spoke to Professors Claudio Ioriatti of Foundazione Edmund Mach and Max Suckling of New Zealand’s Plant and Food Research and University of Auckland about their battle with bugs across the hemispheres.
T&G challenges outweigh better apple prices
12 August 2019
Difficult weather has affected T and G Global’s pipfruit business.
Go north for horticultural scope
1 August 2019
Major avocado, kiwifruit and berry fruit developments in the north signal strong confidence in horticulture and point the way for Northland iwi investments from Treaty of Waitangi settlements.
Loan work will help all growers
1 August 2019
Hydrophonic growing of berry fruit is to be expanded and a centre for skills education and employment developed at Maungatapere, near Whangarei, with a $2.37 million loan from the Provincial Growth Fund.
Zespri wants more overseas fruit
31 July 2019
Zespri's worldwide sales of kiwifruit grown outside New Zealand jumped nearly 20% in volume last year but is still well short of potential demand.
Seeka considers sale and leaseback of Australian orchards
29 July 2019
Kiwifruit grower and marketer Seeka said it is looking at a potential sale and leaseback on some or all of its orchard portfolio in Australia.
Grower dividends are safe in Zespri upgrade costs
25 July 2019
A big spend on replacing outdated operating systems will not affect existing loyalty payments and dividend policy, Zespri chief executive Don Mathieson has told shareholders.
Investor targets kiwifruit and apples
24 July 2019
Investment group Craigmore Sustainables is adding a $38 million kiwifruit development project in Northland to its $52m apple orchard project in central Hawke’s Bay.
Hort fund stutters but starts
17 July 2019
The Kakariki Fund has missed a $100m investment target but can still get cracking in apples, kiwifruit, hops and manuka.
