Horticulture prospects look bright
he SunGold kiwifruit licence tender round reflected the level of industry confidence in the fruit’s future with its offshore consumers. Read the full story here.
Continue readinghe SunGold kiwifruit licence tender round reflected the level of industry confidence in the fruit’s future with its offshore consumers. Read the full story here.
Continue readingNZ Fruits takes over newly refurbished coolstore facilities just in time for 2020 Kiwifruit season. Read the full story here.
Continue readingKiwifruit and apple croppers in New Zealand’s Gisborne region have been coping well when it comes to labour for picking fruit with some kiwifruit growers having already finished their harvests. NZ Fruits, which handles about half the region’s kiwifruit crop, had more than 60 percent of its crop picked. “We have adequate staff to meet our harvest needs,” said director
Continue readingThe picking of kiwifruit in Gisborne and the Bay of Plenty has heralded the beginning of the 2020 kiwifruit harvest. Read more here.
Continue readingIn October this year the Government announced a $940,000 investment into a two-year horticulture training programme run by Four Seasons in Gisborne. Read the full story here.
Continue readingGisborne producers need to stay on top of their technology game if they’re to survive and thrive on the “brave new farm”. Read the full story here.
Continue readingProvincial Growth Fund’s Te Ara Mahi funding stream would provide $1.6m to two projects to train new employees in Gisborne and the East Coast. Read the full story here.
Continue readingThe Government today poured $17.27m into bringing “world-leading” food-growing technology to Gisborne and creating more than 100 new jobs for agricultural workers and truck operators. Read the full story here.
Continue readingT&G Global this week celebrates the 10th anniversary of the first Envy apple tree in Gisborne. Read the full story here.
Continue readingT&G Global celebrates 10 years of the first planting of Envy™ apple trees in Gisborne today. Read the full story here.
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