“The 2017-18 annual results of Potatoes New Zealand Inc. make for pleasing reading, with positive results achieved both as an organisation and an industry” – Chairman Stuart Wright. Addressing the PNZ annual meeting, held in conjunction with a potato research forum at Plant and Food Research, Lincoln, Stuart Wright said the potato industry had performed…
A three-year Sustainable Farming Fund project investigated the impact of both soil physical structure and potato seed health on crop productivity and disease development. The study showed that potato crop performance can be negatively affected by poor soil structural conditions and the presence of seed and soil-borne diseases, and that these two main yield-limiting factors…
Plant and Food research have been studying the impact of different spray regimes on Tomato Potato Psyllid (TPP) populations in a series of small plot experiments for nine years. The latest series of trials have been conducted in commercial Waikato potato crops to investigate the efficacy of reduced insecticide programs in North Island potato crops….
Due to popular demand, we have added a further “Potato Harvester – Safe Stop” workshop to the series of workshops coming up at the end of the month. On Wednesday 29th August at 2-4pm, there will be an additional workshop held at Lovett Family Farms in Elgin, outside Ashburton. For full details, see the event…
The 2018 Potatoes New Zealand Inc. AGM Papers and Annual Report has been published. You can view, download or print a copy by visiting the Annual Reports page and going to the library.
Supported by – Bidfood Limited Things are heating up as voting gets underway this month for our 2018 People’s Choice Best Chips Award. All voting will take place on The Chip Group website – www.thechipgroup.co.nz/votenow and there will be one vote per email address. Voting Opens – Weds 1st August – 9am Voting Closes…
What do hot chips and an early morning winter breakfast at the Kohewhata Marae in Kaikohe have in common? Another successful Chip Group training workshop where engaged locals learnt how to prepare healthier hot chips. Working together as ‘prevention partners’ The Chip Group and Healthy Families Far North helped empower attendees about the role and…
Hash browns are one of the main reasons to go out for breakfast, in my opinion. Along with their crispy, crunchy, starchy friends: rosti, hash, bubble and squeak, potato fritters etc, there’s something magical about fried spuds in all their forms. It seems like as long as people have been eating potatoes, they’ve…
Health & Safety Workshops – designed for Potato Industry Two people have died and one been seriously injured on Potato Harvesters in the last two years. These deaths and injuries were preventable. Let’s talk about how we keep ourselves and our workers safe from now on. These workshops are all about improving health…
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