Displaying items by tag: horticulture

Could bananas be the next big thing in New Zealand?

Salad is having its day in the market, says LeaderBrand.

Ready-to-eat salads are proving a hit with the leading horticultural producer LeaderBrand Produce Ltd.

Ngāi Tahu Farming is trialling two different trellis systems installed with an eye to eventual robotic harvesting.

Ngāi Tahu Farming’s plans to diversify into horticulture are surging ahead on the strength of excellent results from a trial orchard near Culverden, North Canterbury.

An aggregate 10% cash return during 2018-19 is shown in the first full year financial results of MyFarm’s horticultural and commercial rural property syndicates.

The programme for Hort Connections 2019 has been released for the 3200 people expected at the ‘Growing our food future’ conference in Australia in late June.

A big Canterbury vegetable grower is hoping people’s buying patterns get back to normal and quickly after the upheavals of the last couple of weeks.

FMR Group has turned its attention to the orchard industry with its new O-Series.

Horticulture's biggest challenge is the lack of people prepared to work in the industry, says Ben James, the president of Hawkes Bay Fruit Growers Association.