Gisborne Young Grower of the Year announced
Orchard hand at Illawarra Farms said he was "stoked" to win.
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Zespri's failed bid for China SunGold trial draws mixed views
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Wairarapa durum wheat trial aims to supply NZ bakers
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Winter crop contest raises $64,500
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The new tool helping Hawke's Bay orchardists
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Campaign aims to keep horticulture workers between harvests
Operation Cromwell Harvest encourages locals to offer odd jobs to horticulture workers.
Acclaimed film director James Cameron laments NZ's worker shortage
The filmmaker was unable to expand his vegetable growing business due to staff shortages.
Horticulture has 'wall of work coming' and dwindling staff
One of NZ's fastest growing food sectors on a labour starvation diet.
Grape harvest drops but winegrowers remain optimistic
Only 370,000 tonnes of grapes were harvested during the 2021 vintage.
Avocado industry smashes records
The value of sales lifted more than 40 per cent on the year prior.
Apples boss ready to move on with $1 billion export goal in sight
The goal was $1 billion in export earnings by 2022. Now it's $2 billion by 2030.
Hawke's Bay coolstores awash with fruit as exporters struggle to get it onto ships
"We've got full coolstores and we're having to stop or pack product we know we can ship."
Regan Judd, champion fruitgrower
The 25-year-old T&G Global orchard foreman also won the 2019 edition of the competition.
Chickpea gene research could lead to drop in fertiliser usage
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Watch: Repairing roads main priority for flood-stricken Canterbury - PM
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Zespri posts sweet export sales records for kiwifruit
Total global revenue from fruit sales was $3.58b, up 14 per cent on the previous year.
Waikawa Glen Olive Oil wins gold in New York
The competition had a record 1100 entries from 28 countries.
Zespri marks record 2020/2021 kiwifruit season
And the Zespri chief executive expects another record-breaking crop this year.
Putting on the Horti at national field days in the Bay
Cancelled last year because of Covid-19, the 2021 show returns bigger than ever.
Promising peanut trials extend across Northland
Crop yields of 6-7 tonnes per hectare (4500 jars) make peanuts more profitable than maize.
Hawke's Bay horticultural supplier: The idea that overseas labour is cheap is wrong
Nash said low pay and poor working conditions are to blame for lack of Kiwi workers.
Jordan Carrol wins Central Otago Young Grower competition
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