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An increase of 1000 seasonal workers announced by Government today brings some welcome relief to the growing horticulture industry.

Horticulture and viticulture are, together, New Zealand’s fourth-largest export industry.

Land and water remain the key constraints to growth in horticultural production, HortNZ has told the Productivity Commission.

The key to successfully selling fruit and vegetables in New Zealand or overseas is to give consumers what they want.

The tourism sector appears flippant both on the risk their industry poses through arriving passengers, and the importance of biosecurity, Horticulture New Zealand says.

Robotics will play a huge role in the future of horticulture, but it is no use building robots no one can afford, says Steve Saunders, founding director of Newman Park Innovation Centre, Tauranga.

A "new world order" is emerging in the global fresh fruit and vegetable trade, according to a recently-released research report.

Horticulture NZ's kicks off in Nelson today with the industry in a buoyant mood.

There's the last of the summerfruit is to be harvested, but everyone's tired – bringing a heightened risk of accidents in growing operations.

Horticulture has "the brightest future of all" in New Zealand's primary industries, according to Mike Petersen, special agricultural trade envoy.