Kiwifruit harvest kicks off in Pukehina despite curveballs
New Zealand’s 2023 kiwifruit harvest has kicked off.
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Zespri expects pain of fruit quality issue to start easing this year
Improving outlook for quality but costs yet to be fully counted.
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Pay cuts for kiwifruit growers as quality deteriorates
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Ohakune vegetable growers grapple with cost pressures
"You can only absorb so much until it’s not worth growing."
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"The soil in Horowhenua is so beautiful and the climate so much better."
Nitrogen use in asparagus crops project hampered by difficult season
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'Very upset': Flooding ruins iconic strawberry producers' crop before Christmas
A Hawke’s Bay fruit icon has no option but to close on its busiest day of the year.
Cherry buyers told to get in quick after harvest hit by rain
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Regional seasonal worker system defended after calls for 'complete overhaul'
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Zespri eyeing NZX listing - but there’s a catch for investors keen for a bite
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Kiwifruit e-Bin innovation to help ‘exacerbated’ labour shortage
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Cereal crops and arable farmer confidence both on the rise
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‘Not acceptable’: Marlborough winery fails to submit waste reports to council
“They need to submit their paperwork. If 38 did, and one didn’t, it’s not acceptable.”
Peat bog: Great for blueberries, not so great for diggers
“We get our equipment stuck a lot."
Earnings outlook dims for kiwifruit growers and marketer Zespri
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