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New dragon fruit varieties may be an opportunity for Far North growers

VentureFruit chair hopes to have 250 hectares of the new varieties planted by 2030.

Voices Of The Pacific: A new series shining a light on RSE workers

Family is at the heart of what RSE workers do.

'Trying times': 60 pc of maize crops wiped out, kiwifruit damaged, farmers worried

A tropical cyclone could cause more pain for contractors, kiwifruit growers and farmers.

12 workers sleeping in living room: Four-bedroom house earning $3500 rent a week

Local Focus: 28 RSE workers share one kitchen - we went to have a look.

Kiwifruit growers say confidence in Zespri ‘dented’ over lack of pay

NZ Kiwifruit Growers has written an open letter to Zespri asking for an explanation.

'Getting frustrated': Northland growers fed up with 'crap' summer

Northland growers escaped the worst of Tuesday's rain, but say the summer has been 'crap'.

Flood wrecks crops, shoppers could face more inflation

Piles of onions pepper Pukekohe roadside after deluge, shoppers could face more inflation.

Zespri expects pain of fruit quality issue to start easing this year

Improving outlook for quality but costs yet to be fully counted.

Why this year's pavlova may be berry expensive

Strawberries already cost 22% more than this time last year and 51% more than 2 years ago.

Regional seasonal worker system defended after calls for 'complete overhaul'

Is an urgent overhaul of the scheme needed or is it just 'a few bad apples'?

Zespri eyeing NZX listing - but there’s a catch for investors keen for a bite

By listing on the NZX it could be recognised as a “continuous disclosure issuer”.

Kiwifruit e-Bin innovation to help ‘exacerbated’ labour shortage

“The industry is suffering serious labour shortages... we’ve come up with this solution."

Cereal crops and arable farmer confidence both on the rise

An extra 3400ha in milling wheat and 3000ha in malting barley is being grown this season.

‘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

Higher than estimated fruit loss and quality claims take bite out of this season.