Volume 71, Issue No. 9 This issue features the following Potatoes NZ Inc. articles: Biosecurity considerations for growers Health & safety at work Healthy families, healthier chips Potatoes NZ Inc. strategic update Zebra chip pathogen: fast results, fast decisions Psyllid in North Dakota and Minnesota Expert visits New Zealand Waxy and floury: so what’s the…
Volume 71, Issue No. 08 This issue features the following Potato NZ Inc. articles: The Potatoes NZ Seed Authority meeting Soil-borne diseases and opportunities to reduce them Seed Growers’ meeting report Potato by-products into pet food ingredients FAR/PNZ TPP spray demonstration trials Clarification of “production site” in relation to PCN finds
A Horowhenua man was fatally injured on a potato farm in Moutoa near Shannon last night. Fred Thorby died after a workplace accident early on Thursday evening. WorkSafe were notified of the incident by police last night, and an investigation into the situation is ongoing. CEO of Potatoes New Zealand Inc, Chris Claridge, said that…
Volume 71, Issue No. 7 This issue features the following Potatoes NZ Inc. articles: Seed grower meeting Potatoes NZ – meet the new team Annual meeting adds biosecurity to levy Potatoes poised to deliver more Potato Agronomists Forum PCN dispensation process removed for next season Braving the cold in Palmerston North Health and diet Foodie…
This is a reminder, with planting just around the corner, to plan ahead. Now that the PCN/Potato Wart OAP dispensation process has been removed for the 2016-17 export season PNZ Inc. encourages growers to register as many paddocks as possible in the initial time frames. Remember there is no cost to registering more fields than you end up…
Volume 71, Issue No. 06 This issue features the following Potatoes NZ Inc. articles: PCN dispensation process Sprout inhibitor for export growers Steady planted area Agronomists Forum Charitable Trust Golf Tournament Potatoes NZ AGM New school resources online
Following the early 2016 change in import certificate requirements within Fiji Potatoes NZ Inc. have been working with MPI to negotiate a pre-approved MAO procedure and develop a practical Standard Operating Procedure for non MAO’s. There remains a grace period in force for all phytosanitary certificates issued either on or before the 15th March…
Applications for the 2016 Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme courses commencing in June 2016 are now open. Attached is a one-pager on the course with full details are on the new website www.kellogg.org.nz with applications for June (14 June – 17 November 2016) closing on 21 March 2016. The cost of the course is $4900 + GST. This year HortNZ is offering a scholarship…
A collective of horticultural industry groups comprising Potatoes New Zealand Inc, Tomatoes NZ Inc, Vegetables NZ Inc, Heinz-Wattie’s NZ Ltd, and NZ Tamarillo Growers Association Inc has applied to the EPA to import and release a biological control agent to assist with the control of the tomato potato psyllid (Bactericera cockerelli). Supporting submissions from growers…
EPA Application – Tamarixia – Bio Control Agent for TPP A collective of horticultural industry groups comprising Potatoes New Zealand Inc, Tomatoes NZ Inc, Vegetables NZ Inc, Heinz-Wattie’s NZ Ltd, and NZ Tamarillo Growers Association Inc has applied to the EPA to import and release a biological control agent to assist with the control of…
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