The 2019 Field Walk Booklet
is now available for you to view. This booklet covers all of the 2019 field walks which are being held:
For more information on each walk please visit our Events page.
The Humble Spud – cooking with potatoes “Mike Moleta from Potatoes New Zealand Inc. has been involved in the potato industry as a grower for nearly 20 years. During this time he has grown both domestic fresh market and processing potatoes, as part of a 140ha mixed arable and pasture farm in Opiki, near Palmerston…
General News – page 3 Growers Welcome Spud Yield Funding The $260,000 three-year project, which will be financed through the Sustainable Farming Fund (SFF) and managed by the Foundation for Arable Research (FAR), will investigate the impact of different potato crop rotations on soil borne diseases and soil quality.
Tonight on Campbell Live, John Campbell crossed live from a Greenwoods Fresh Catch Fish & Chip Shop in the Auckland suburb of Epsom. Owner Thomas Ng has been running the shop for four and a half years.
Potatoes New Zealand wins funding KPMG Business News – Potatoes New Zealand wins funding. Potatoes New Zealand has won funding from the Ministry for Primary Industries for a major project aimed at improving crop yield. The $260,000, three year project will investigate the impact of potato crop rotations on soil borne diseases and soil quality.
Monster Spud Found in Invercargill Garden Southland Daily Times – Monster Spud Found In Invercargill Garden Something unusual is going on in Graham Reid’s garden. Alongside the six potatoes that weighed more than one-and-a-half kg each, the Southland man also dug up a spud that resembles some sort of animal. He’s been growing a garden…
Stuff – Potatoes aren’t the enemy NICOLA JACKSON The poor potato has had a bit of a hard time lately. A lot of people have swapped it for kumara or cut all forms of potato out of their diets completely. I’m quite often asked, “Are potatoes healthy?” While a kumara does have more nutritional value,…
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