Potatoes New Zealand connects with various women in the industry as part of International Women’s Day to discover the amazing work they do in the sector. Name: Tracey McKayCompany: Alps Seeds Ltd What do you do in your current role? Together with my husband Andy, we own Alps Seed Ltd, which is a seed potato…
Potatoes New Zealand connects with various women in the industry as part of International Women’s Day to discover the amazing work they do in the sector. Name: Michelle PyeCompany: Pye Group What do you do in your current role? My husband Leighton and I own and operate Pye Group Ltd a cross sector agricultural business….
Get to know a little bit about the Potatoes New Zealand team. Name: Cyril HickmanRole: NZ Potato Seed Scheme Manager and Seed Inspector What does your role entail? Managing Potatoes New Zealand seed potato certification, field and tuber inspection. Communication with growers, as well as liaising and reporting to Potatoes New Zealand management and to New Zealand…
Get to know a little bit about the Potatoes New Zealand team. Name: Bobby HallRole: Finance Manager What part of your role do you enjoy most? I love that I can look for changes and improvements in all the areas of the business that I cover so we can stay current in our IT and Database setups…
Six months into the Potatoes New Zealand chief executive role and Kate Trufitt has embraced the challenges and opportunities with enthusiasm.
Get to know a little bit about the Potatoes New Zealand team. Name: Paula LlerasRole: Seed and Research Administrator – Technical Assistant What does your role entail? I administrate the seed potato certification database (BELIS) and manage annual data entry, newsletter, meetings. Plus I am a Seed Inspector, where I carry out field and tuber inspections of…
The New Zealand Seed Potato Certification Scheme was established in 1948 and has been running continuously since then. Like many schemes around the world, it was established to improve the quality of seed potatoes and to provide commercial growers assurance that seed lines meet a series of minimum standards for disease freedom and trueness to…
Prepared by: Andrew Barber and Henry Stenning (Agrilink NZ), Trish Fraser and Bruce Searle (PFR). We pulled this article together as we debated the significance of fallow periods on the risk to nitrogen leaching. Is a three-month fallow period riskier than two-months in fallow, and if so, how much riskier? Then the flip side of…
By adopting integrated pest management (IPM) practices growers are not on their own, Australian entomologist, Dr Paul Horne, told Pukekohe potato growers at a Potatoes New Zealand research update breakfast meeting in late March. He said he could give examples in his home country of hundreds of growers who had adopted IPM practices. Not only…
Update No. 11 Sustainable Vegetable Systems (SVS)Programme update, March 2023: Quarter 2 report, 3rd year. Latest activities Workstream 1 trial resultsThe two Canterbury trial rotations are currently in pasture following the harvest of the ryegrass seed. Nitrogen content of the harvested crop is currently being analysed.Irrigation was applied to both crops at two different rates reflecting different…
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