100,000L of premium NZ wine set to drench market
A vast "wine lake" of 100,000 litres of Gewürztraminer is currently waiting to be sold at a Poverty Bay vineyard, which has gone into receivership.
Horticulture
Horticulture group members sought
Horticulture group members sought
Nominations for membership of a new national Women In Horticulture leadership group are being sought as part of the group's establishment process.
Butlers put berry farm up for sale
Butlers put berry farm up for sale
Donald Butler (78) has spent most of his life growing berry fruit - strawberries especially - but now he and wife Jacky (76) have decided it's time to step back.
More potato virus cases suspected
More potato virus cases suspected
Two cases of potato mop-top virus have been confirmed in Mid Canterbury, but many more are suspected, Biosecurity New Zealand says.
Teviot Valley couple just mad about saffron
Teviot Valley couple just mad about saffron
A different kind of gold is paving the future of Teviot Valley couple Wendy King and Graham Strong, whose premium saffron is gaining worldwide attention and has clinically-proven health benefits.
20 minute storm causes $2 million damage
Qld storm costs fruit-growing family $2 million
Yesterday's wild storms have cost a Queensland family a $2 million crop of peaches and nectarines, and they're not insured.
Horticulture contender relishes opportunity
Horticulture contender relishes opportunity
Contesting the title of New Zealand's top young horticulturist is not for the faint-hearted - but it is a great opportunity, a self-employed Dunedin gardener at the top of his game says.
View from space benefits growers
View from space benefits growers
A product called Satellite Imagery, giving a detailed bird's-eye view of farm productivity to growers, is now available through the Foundation for Arable Research's ProductionWise programme.
Win for community, hospital
Win for community, hospital
Swedes, fodder beet, turnips and brassicas have contributed to saving lives.
Potato virus found in Mid Canterbury
Potato virus found in Mid Canterbury
Testing is under way on Mid Canterbury potato tubers to determine how widespread potato mop-top virus may be.
Project helping to track produce
Project helping to track produce
A project has been launched to identify issues and challenges facing fresh produce traceability as it moves through supply chains.
Some trees freed from restrictions
Some trees freed from restrictions
About half the apple and stonefruit plantings subject to recent containment orders from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) have been released from all restrictions, although more testing of...
Government and industry on the case with potato virus
Government and industry on the case with potato virus
Biosecurity New Zealand is investigating how potato mop-top virus (PMTV) could have entered the country.
Demand from Asia influences Central Otago fruit planting
Demand from Asia influences Central Otago fruit planting
China is becoming increasingly important as a market for Central Otago's viticulture and horticulture, says Central Otago District Council's economic development manager Warwick Hawker.
Growers feel for Aussie counterparts
NZ strawberry growers feel for Australian counterparts
Southern strawberry growers say their hearts go out to their beleaguered counterparts across the Tasman, and their association says scanners could be used to check for needles.
Carbon trees 'opportunity' for landowners
Carbon trees 'opportunity' for landowners
There is ''renewed opportunity'' for landowners to get into carbon trees, Carbon Forest Services managing director Ollie Belton says.
Food of the future
Food of the future
Orchard workers Matt Mohamad, Donald Toms and Shanon Davie, all of Roxburgh, dig holes to plant new, as yet commercially unnamed, apricot varieties on Gary Bennett's Teviot orchard last week as...
Young Felton Rd talent wins award
Young Felton Rd talent wins award
Annabel Bulk was thrilled when she heard her name announced as the winner of the 2108 Bayer Young Viticulturist of the Year recently, but it was flavoured with a note of disbelief.
Shortfall of tractor drivers a concern
Shortfall of tractor drivers a concern
Although a new apprenticeship scheme will address future labour needs in the horticultural industry nationally, there is also a shortage of skilled tractor drivers and irrigation technicians to...
Local wheat deal tipped to succeed
Local wheat deal tipped to succeed
Countdown's plan to use Canterbury-grown wheat each year has been welcomed by growers and is probably made possible by the current drought in Australia, South Canterbury Federated Farmers arable...