Zespri confirms quality up but New Zealand kiwifruit crop volumes well down in 2023
Zespri has confirmed that challenging weather events throughout the 2023 growing season have contributed to a lower-than-expected New Zealand kiwifruit crop this season. The latest New Zealand

Grasshopper plague, the solution is cannibalism
In recent years, huge swarms of locusts have swarmed voraciously over fields in several areas nationwide, leaving devastation and lost harvests in their wake. Particularly at this time of year,

New Zealand braced for sharp drop in kiwifruit production
Challenging weather events throughout the 2023 growing season have contributed to a lower-than-expected New Zealand kiwifruit crop this season, Zespri has confirmed. The marketer said it now

Plans for net zero potatoes push ahead
Leading UK potato supplier Branston has launched new trials to pioneer the net-zero production of potato crops. Branston this week (10 May) began plantings for its second year of extensive field