Providing tools to assist the potato industry to manage and control Tomato Potato Psyllid is the focus of several research projects being undertaken by Plant & Food Research. Plant & Food science group leader, annual crops group, Dr Gail Timmerman-Vaughan said it was five years into a six year MBIE-funded programme with three research aims. Firstly, this was to understand the psyllid’s sensory…
Please see the latest update about the Potato Mop-top Virus from MPI and Potatoes New Zealand. PNZ ask that all our stakeholders ensure their up-to-date email and mobile numbers be copied to Gemma Carroll via our Contact form. If you have team members needing to be kept in the loop, also send their details. This…
We are working with Biosecurity NZ to update the advice regarding the Potato Mop-Top Virus (PMTV). As more becomes known, we will continue to provide the latest guidance through our regular updates. Please find the latest copy of our Fact Sheet in the Potatoes NZ library.
Who cooks NZ’s best chips? This year the people of NZ put their favourite chippie forward and voted for the 2018 People’s Choice Best Chips…and the winner – Mr Chips Masterton. Continuing their winning streak from 2017, Mr Chips Masterton beat out over 500 chip shops to be named reigning champion of the 2018…
How much do we care where our food comes from? If a recent survey by Consumer NZ and Hort NZ is anything to go by, we care a lot: around 70% of people agreed or strongly agreed buying NZ-grown fruit and veges is important to them. A slightly higher proportion (72%) agreed it’s important for…
“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…
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.
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…