| PNZ send you all extra well wishes for the rocky start to this New Year. Read the latest news, admin, NZSPCA and technical below. PNZ NEWS Our event planning for 2022 may be uncertain but our primary focus on research and extension, to enable a sustainable and secure future for our members, stays on track. We encourage growers and industry to stay in touch, attend any events that we manage to run and be prepared on farm and in business for the arrival of the latest Covid variant. There will be no PNZ field walks this Summer, but we intend to visit growers for meetings and regional insights. At this stage we also hope to hold a conference and separate agronomist forum in the Winter. We regularly update our PNZ Covid-19 webpage which includes: Template for Covid-19 on farm planning. You can also direct download the template here. MPI Guidelines Primary Sector Business Info Employer Info Exporter Advice Food Service Info Support Services   Be Covid-19 ready. PNZ COMMS & ENGAGEMENT ECAN PC7 The Canterbury Land and Water Plan now recognises the importance of commercial vegetable growing and provides a workable consent pathway. We thank growers and processors who submitted and presented alongside PNZ. We have updated our Regulation page with relevant key points from the recent vote on PC7 changes. Latest articles PNZ Summer Report 2021-2022 is posted here. SVS latest update can be read here. 2021 PNZ Annual Report can be downloaded here or found on our website here. Save the dates!!! Keep up-to-date with all industry events via our events page here. Many events may move to online at short notice depending on pandemic response. He Waka Eke Noa The HWEN Partnership is gearing up for widespread engagement with farmers, growers and other interested people in the primary sector through February. Farmers will be able to let HWEN know what they think of pricing options for agricultural emissions. There are 2 options on the table – a farm-level levy and a processor-level hybrid levy. The other way to price emissions would be to include agricultural emissions in the NZ Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS), described as the ‘backstop’ option. The Government has already legislated to include agricultural emissions in the NZ ETS but agreed to consider the Partnership’s recommendations for an effective and workable alternative outside the NZ ETS. HWEN will be releasing a consultation document on the He Waka Eke Noa website on Monday 31 January 2022. Horticulture NZ are organising meetings for growers around the country. FAR have written as useful summary of HWEN progress on their website here. We have republished a recent HortNZ article on HWEN on our website here. PNZ ADMIN Growers & their levy paying agents You can now access our Biosecurity Emissions & Levy Information System via our website. Make sure you do so and check the levies against your business name and that all your contact details are correct. If you need help registering to login, please email Nicola Loach. Please also ensure you have completed your 2020-2021 Direct Sales Levy Form found on our website here. For your reference the Commodity Levies Order can be read here. PNZ TECHNICAL Research Sustainable Vegetable Systems project read all the articles so far. Project reports can be found here. CPLI Canterbury Psyllid Initiative read the news and info on this project which will benefit the whole industry. This includes the 2022 Canterbury CPLI Degree Days. Biosecurity No updates. NZ Seed Potato Certification News PNZ welcome Cyril Hickman and son Tristan to the team. We have updated the Approved Tissue Culture & Mini-Tuber Facilities list. Please visit the NZ Seed Potato Certification pages on our PNZ website to see important recent activities including: All required forms Revised NZ Certified Seedlines & Rulebook All NZ Seed Potato Guides & resources All notices & newsletters PNZ USEFUL LINKS All forms here R&D projects and more here Grower Resources here Seed Grower Resources here Export statistics read here Media articles here Events here. We know growers are resilient and resourceful, however if needed please reach out for support. PNZ 0800 399 674 Rural Support 0800 787 254 The PNZ team are here to help you  CEO Chris Claridge Technical Manager Dr. Iain Kirkwood Communications & Engagement Officer Gemma Carroll Administration & Finance Officer Nicola Loach PNZ Agronomist Paula Lleras PNZ Social Media Links Over 10,000 people and organisations now follow us on social media to keep up with the latest New Zealand and international potato news. Send us your news and events so we can publish them via our social media channels. Instagram – Potatoes_NZ Facebook – Potatoes NZ Facebook – The Chip Group Twitter – Potatoes NZ Linkedin – Potatoes NZ IncT witter – Chris Claridge |
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Potatoes New Zealand Newsletter #114 January 2022
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