Grape yield under threat
1 March 2019
Marlborough is experiencing a hydrological drought.
HORTICULTURE ARCHIVES
Stemming lifestyle block growth
1 March 2019
Soaring kiwifruit orchard values have helped take some steam from the lure of subdividing quality land into smaller blocks in Western Bay of Plenty.
Grower challenges land loss
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.
Virus still only in Canterbury
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.
Apples and tomatoes challenging for T&G Global
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.
Delegat wine sales still on up
28 February 2019
Top-end winemaker Delegat Group has again set record interim earnings and expects the trend to continue.
Seeka thrives on a big season
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.
Third male Queensland fruit fly found
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.
Crops offer good investment potential
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.
Second Queensland fruit fly found
21 February 2019
A second Queensland fruit fly has been discovered, this time in Northcote.
