Finding passion for a new crop
A renowned North Otago tomato-growing business is changing crops.
Horticulture
Record price for avocados
Record price for avocados
Avocado prices rose 37 percent in May to record levels after a small harvest, Stats NZ said today.
Demand for cherry orchards
Demand for cherry orchards
Demand for land to grow cherries has become a significant feature of the Central Otago rural property market.
Central city garden chock full of veges, fruit trees
Central city garden chock full of veges, fruit trees
In the heart of Dunedin’s central city student housing area, the last thing you might expect is an orchard, but one keen gardener has turned his dream into reality.
Solving problems part of pleasure
Solving problems part of pleasure
This year's winner of the Central Otago Young Fruit Grower of the Year competition, Hamish Darling, of Cromwell, enjoys problem-solving and finds it one of the attractions of working on an orchard.
Hemp summit taps growing interest
Hemp summit taps growing interest
A mid Canterbury company is fully behind the push to kick-start a home-grown industrial hemp (iHemp) economy, as he appreciates the benefits of hemp in food, fibre and medicine.
Joint title for young Canty vegetable grower
Joint title for young Canty vegetable grower
Mid Canterbury agronomist Esteban Ibanez got to study what he loved, works in an industry he loves and loves working with the people alongside him.
Winner has orcharding in the blood
Winner has orcharding in the blood
Orchardist and law student Hamish Darling (21) has won the Central Otago Young Fruit Grower of the Year competition.
Getting the good oil in Central
Getting the good oil in Central
This season's long summer has resulted in a bumper harvest for olive growers in Central Otago.
Rain hampering grower's efforts
Rain hampering grower's efforts
This season has been a tough one for growing fruit and vegetables.
Push for efficient use of water on vineyards
Push for efficient use of water on vineyards
Mt Difficulty co-owner and winemaker James Dicey is passionate about future proofing his vineyard.
Crop contest on again
Crop contest on again
Central Otago farmers do not even need a crop to enter this year's Rabobank Central Otago winter feed competition.
Way to grow
Way to grow
Hamish Atwell (7), of Milton, is dwarfed by his winning 70.5kg pumpkin at the second annual South Otago A&P Society Giant Pumpkin Competition in Balclutha on Sunday.
Subdivision issue for orchard
Subdivision issue for orchard
The orchardist neighbouring the proposed River Terrace development southwest of Cromwell believes the subdivision could be an obstacle for their business.
Good vintage reported
Good vintage reported
The Waitaki Valley's 2018 wines could be worth waiting for.
Potatoes boost effort for Tonga
Potatoes boost effort for Tonga
A Waimate potato farmer is digging deep to help Tongan families hit hard by Cyclone Gita.
Company faces up after swede mix up
Company faces up after swede mix up
Compensation will be paid to farmers who are tied up in the PGG Wrightson swede mix up.
Pumpkin record smashed
Pumpkin record smashed
A giant pumpkin grown from a seed thrown into a garden rubbish pile set a record at the annual Roxburgh Pumpkin Festival.
Book details history of Alexandra basin wine
Book details history of Alexandra basin wine
It will be 30 years this year since the first modern-day wine made in the Alexandra basin was sold.
Apple growers welcome free trade agreement
Apple growers welcome free trade agreement
Central Otago apple growers will benefit from tariff removals and improved trade access to 10 countries, including Japan, as part of the 11-country free trade agreement negotiated this month.