Kate's update
Changes to manage NZ Omicron outbreak As you know, all of New Zealand is now at Red following the confirmed community spread of Omicron.
Grower survey on future orchard production systems
A new research project aims to investigate barriers in adopting new growing systems, validate and refine the performance of the new growing system known as Future Orchard Planting Systems (FOPS),...
Apricot Co - NZ Summer Fresh update
Summerfruit NZ and the Apricot Co Interim Board (ACIB) have made good progress this year to establish an industry led cooperative, now registered as NZ Summer Fresh Ltd (previously referred...
Good to Great team leadership series – Mid-Canterbury and Southland
HR South and Primary People are running leaderships workshops for the growers and farmers. Courses are free thanks to funding from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and will run...
New Find-A-Pest app to track harmful pests
If you or someone you know discovers a pest on-orchard that seems unusual or concerning, you can use the Find-A-Pest app to help quickly identify it.
Littering from trucks spotted
Summerfruit NZ has received a complaint from a member of the public who noticed a truck-driver associated with a summerfruit orchard discarding plastic take away food containers out of the...
Support for Tonga recovery
The horticulture and wine grape industries in New Zealand are collecting donations to help with the recovery in Tonga, following the weekend’s tsunami.
Kate's update
With the harvest well underway, the impact of the wet start to the season has fortunately been overcome by a much warmer, dryer weather pattern in recent weeks with quality...
PickNZ tips
There are hundreds of seasonal roles advertised on the PickNZ site and for a variety of crops.
Residue Monitoring Scheme – reminder
The summerfruit residue monitoring scheme is an important part of supplying fruit to export markets that meets the individual importing countries residue requirements.