PNZ Field Walks 2020 built on the 2019 event, where our team toured the 3 growing regions alongside the local R&D project leaders, to update agronomists and growers on our projects and other developments for industry. Locations in Canterbury, Pukekohe and Manawatu were a combination of PFR trial sites and farm paddocks. Three themes of…
By Gemma Carroll, PNZ Comms & Engagement Officer. It’s been a mixed bag of weather across the country this Spring and Summer, much as the rest of the world has seen, with unusual changes in weather and increased occurrences of extremes. NZ agronomists and growers in our main growing regions had the following to say about the 2019-2020 potato season: In Pukekohe the report…
PepsiCo New Zealand is committed to reducing the saturated fat, sodium and added sugars for Kiwi consumers. Exciting news from the potato crisp industry recently, as PepsiCo NZ evolve healthier processing for NZ’s favourite snacks. The maker of Bluebird potato chips and other snacks, has changed the cooking oil for its major snack brands to…
By Gemma Carroll, PNZ Comms & Engagement Officer. John Sarup is spending his 2nd Summer in a row assisting the NZ potato industry with inspection processes, general agronomy on farms and with a particular focus on seed production. He will also be speaking at our field walks in February. A former grower and expert in…
Extract with permission from World Potato Markets. Annual NZ fry exports were at a 16-month high in October 2019, at 76 486 tonnes – up 5.0% on the total the year before. During October itself, an export figure of 6 819 tonnes was 18.8% higher than that of October 2018. The price of New Zealand…
Welcome to the end of the year, albeit the busiest time of year for those on the farm. 2019 has flown by, packed with challenges and some great results along the way, including: Field Walks 2019 in Pukekohe, Manawatu and Canterbury packed with R&D updates and biosecurity advice International experts visited in Autumn and spoke…
By Food Writer Niki Bezzant With all the media attention on plant-based eating that’s out there right now, it can be easy to get excited by the newness, and miss what’s been in front of us all along. Food writers like me are as guilty as anyone else of jumping on to new food trends,…
In an increasingly pressured climate for farmers, it is more important than ever to tell the good stories, hero our produce and hero the farmers who practice good farm management. Potatoes New Zealand have a multi-pronged communications approach to this, utilizing industry magazines, online social media campaigns, regular updates to website content and events which…
By Gemma Carroll 2019 has been a very busy year for Potatoes New Zealand and for horticulture. One of the initiatives we have been pleased to support is the newly formed Women in Horticulture (WiH) Committee. The Committee is currently comprised of; Bernadine Guilleux as Chair; Helen Barnes, Tomatoes NZ and Treasurer for WiH; Rebecca…
