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The Government has announced its long awaited funding package for farmers and growers hit by cyclones and storms in the North Island.

Poor infrastructure has the potential to bring the country to its economic knees.

It's been the accumulation of a whole lot of adverse weather events that's been the real problem - not just Cyclone Gabrielle.

Murray McPhail, founder and director of LeaderBrand, has been named a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to horticulture and the Gisborne region in the 2023 King’s Birthday Honours List.

"It's all about clawing our way back from a pretty ugly position of a week ago.”

One of the country’s leading commercial vegetable growers says there are a lot of positives happening in the sector and it needs to get these out to the public.

A leading horticulturist is questioning whether enough is being done to infrastructure in NZ to keep pace with the expansion of agriculture in all its forms.

One of the big issues relating to the current supply of fresh vegetables has been the weather.

One of the country's major horticulturists warns that if commercial growers don't get a reasonable price for their product, the may turn to more profitable options.

Leading New Zealand fresh vegetable grower LeaderBrand says it is thrilled to be cementing its roots in Pukekohe, South Auckland.