Joint response is closing out. 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…
Potatoes New Zealand’s Research & Development programme are excited to launch their latest project. The Potato Nutrient Emissions Project (PNZ-79) is a multi-workstream national project aimed at analyzing nitrate uptake and nutrient leaching, Teralytic probe data efficacy and Overseer prediction validation for potato crops in multiple regions throughout New Zealand. The overall aims are: The…
Neil Gudmestad’s June 2019 NZ tour was well received and he has permitted us to share this American approach to Zebra Chip/Liberibacter management. See the slides from his talk here.
Neil Gudmestad’s June 2019 NZ tour was well received and he has permitted us to share this American approach to Zebra Chip/Liberibacter management. See the slides from his talk here.
By Gemma Carroll, PNZ Communications & Engagement Officer Potato New Zealand’s Chip Group are now campaigning for our 2019 Chip Industry Awards. [columns] [span6] [/span6][span6] [/span6][/columns] New Zealand Potato Growers produce 527190 metric tonne of potatoes each year (2018 figures) and of that 282446 metric tonne goes to processing plants, more than half of which…
Will the future of farming look more like Star Trek than Footrot Flats, with drones, probes and farmers behind screens rather than tractor wheels? New Zealand potato growers produce a reliable yield, with a great deal of hardwork and many growers also rotate their crops with other vegetables, which means at times, other heavy feeder crops, may reduce soil nutrients and result in a seemingly good potato yield, yet lacking essential nutrients. In addition,…
We have a new Nutrient Management Advice PDF for Potato Growers. A revision of a previous resource, from Jeff Reid and Jeff Morton. Intended to be a resource of best-practice advice with a firm emphasis on scientifically defensible practices. It can be downloaded or read here.
The latest version of the “Fiji Export Potato Grade Standards” is available in the PotatoesNZ document library. The document publishes the standards for grading exports to Fiji and should be consulted in conjunction with relevant MPI guidance. PotatoesNZ maintains useful information for exporting to a variety of destinations on our “Market Access” page.
By Gemma Carroll The Regreening Project is a Sustainable Farming Fund project, in which it is hoped protocols for spraying-off seed crops will be developed to prevent and/or control re-greening. One of the greatest challenges is in the post-spray-off period, when there is the highest risk of Liberibacter infections and ongoing risk throughout the…
by Gemma Carroll [columns] [span4] [/span4][span4] [/span4][span4] [/span4][/columns] Teralytic is a soil analytics company which enables farmers to grow more, using less product/enhancement/applications whilst reducing the environmental impact of agriculture. Teralytic’s wireless probe contains 26 sensors which provide the most detailed soil quality data available, reporting soil moisture, salinity, pH, and NPK at three different depths, as well as aeration, respiration, air temperature, light,…