In her latest blog Niki Bezzant encourages us to look at the bigger picture when considering potatoes and carbs… The launch of a new lower-carb potato recently has got me thinking about potatoes and carbs. If media reports are to be believed, every second person is cutting carbs, going paleo or embracing a vegan lifestyle. It…
As part of our readiness and response obligations under GIA we are profiling a number of priority pests. Black Bean Aphid is not currently in New Zealand but it’s important that we all have a good understanding off the threat Black Ban Aphid could pose, if it gets to New Zealand. Black bean aphid is…
Are you looking for workers on your potato farms or processing factories? The Kiribati government’s Ministry of Labour and Human Resource Development office Ms Beereka Iotebwa met with Potatoes NZ staff at the Port Connections back in March. They are seeking placement for Kiribati natives to come and learn skills that they can put to…
To bring back a lost part of Nelson’s history – or simply lobby for a day off – Nelson College hopes to put potatoes back on the menu as well as the calendar. In reviving a petition started by former students in 2015, a group of Year 13 history students are cooking up a plan…
A research report out of the FOODplus Research Centre at the University of Adelaide looks into Australian consumers’ perceptions of potatoes and how these are affecting consumption… Download full report. Background: There has been a decline in the consumption of potatoes in developed countries worldwide due to many factors including the introduction of new foods and meal…
Leading Australian vegetable machinery company Dobmac were amongst the various exhbitors at the New Zealand Soil Management Field Days in Pukekawa back in March. So let’s find put a bit more about Dobmac Machinery. Philip & Judith Dobson began Dobson’s Vegetable Machinery – Dobmac, in Tasmania back in 1983. As a qualified boilermaker welder, Philip had grown…
A research report out of the FOODplus Research Centre at the University of Adelaide looks into Australian consumers’ perceptions of potatoes and how these are affecting consumption… View report Background: There has been a decline in the consumption of potatoes in developed countries worldwide due to many factors including the introduction of new foods and meal…
Demand for imported fries increased by more than a fifth in April compared to the same month in 2016, with New Zealand, the US, Belgium and Canada all benefitting from increased sales. Annual imports in the year ending April 2017 were 327 069 tonnes, up 7.9%. Lower prices appear to have driven increased demand –…
Regulatory Export ban on eggplants to NZ affecting Fiji farmers (sec 2.10) Around 150 farmers and seven exporters have been affected by a ban on eggplant exports to New Zealand. The fruit has been slapped with a temporary suspension after the NZ Ministry for Primary Industries intercepted eggs, live larvae and adult insects on a…
Since being contracted to manage the research and development programme for Potatoes New Zealand Inc (PNZ), FAR and PNZ have jointly worked to invest research funds and to leverage levy funding to gain as much value for potato growers as possible. This has resulted in research projects focusing on a range of issues. Three years…