News

Kate’s concluding message

This is my last message in Prunings to you as Summerfruit NZ’s Chief Executive, with your new chief executive, Dean Smith starting on Monday 30 September.

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New Weather and Disease Portal features

HortPlus, the provider of the Summerfruit Weather & Disease Portal, has made two new email report types available for SNZ growers. These are available on the portal.

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Summerfruit NZ pre-season SummerGreen series

Summerfruit NZ is hosting pre-season SummerGreen meetings in the Hawke’s Bay and in Central Otago during October.

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Future Orchard Planting Systems Field Walk, Waikerikeri

When: Wednesday 2 October, starting at 3pm.

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Changes to the 2025 Summerfruit NZ conference

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Export Registration Reminder

Growers, packhouses, and exporters can register for export via the secure portal’s online registration system until Thursday 31 October.

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Food residues survey programme

New Zealand Food Safety conducts an annual monitoring programme looking at safe and suitable food intended for sale in New Zealand’s domestic market.

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Anti-Microbial Resistance audit – streptomycin

The Ministry for Primary Industries is auditing the use of streptomycin in all industries, including horticulture. For how this affects Summerfruit read here.

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Irrigation workshop – Central Otago

Irrigation Workshop for Summerfruit growers – hosted by Andrew Curtis from Primary Insight

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Weather and Disease Portal

With the change in season and the start of Spring, now is the time to make sure you keep on top of pests and diseases.

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