Cut with care
OPINION: The new government has clearly signalled big cuts across the public service.
A new horticulture recruitment and training cooperative has started in Te Puke, aiming to smooth the supply of workers to orchards.
While horticultural exports rise in value, there are concerns that this growth is being impeded by a mix of tariff and non-tariff barriers.
Ross Beaton and Sally Gallagher have a simple and compelling business objective: making apple juice great again, or as they say, making the apple the hero.
A huge shift has occurred in the marketing sophistication of the horticulture industry, says Plant & Food Research chief executive David Hughes.
The New Zealand apricot industry is hoping for a shot in the arm from new varieties soon to enter production.
A Māori-owned and operated berryfruit company, Miro, aims to return $170 million annual income in eight years to its blueberry growers using state-of-the-art systems.
Every quarter or eighth-acre of high-class land sold for housing or building is one more piece of land excluded from commercial vegetable growing.
OPINION: The new government has clearly signalled big cuts across the public service.
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