New Zealand’s horticulture sector is projected to reach a record $8 billion by 30 June 2025.
While NZ Avocado is not directly involved in selling fruit, it does have a significant role in supporting exporters to develop and grow markets.
After two challenging years, the country’s avocado growers are quietly optimistic that a good year is in the making.
New Zealanders ate over $1 billion of potatoes last year, Taiwan is consuming more than $44m worth of New Zealand cherries, and Royal Gala apples are our most popular apple export variety, comprising almost 22% of apple exports.
Listen, learn and lead - those are the top priorities next year for HortNZ's new chief executive, Kate Scott.
The horticulture sector is a big winner from recent free trade deals sealed with the Gulf states, says Associate Agriculture Minister Nicola Grigg.
More locally grown tomatoes are coming to stores this month and you can thank New Zealand greenhouses for that.
Kiwifruit marketer Zespri is looking at expanding offshore plantings in the northern hemisphere to boost global supply.
Over 400 of New Zealand’s stalwart kiwifruit growers gathered in Mount Maunganui this week for a celebration to recognise three major milestones in the industry’s history.
New Zealand’s apple and pear industry contributes almost $2 billion of total revenue impact to the national economy, according to new research from MartinJenkins.
Applications are open for Horticulture New Zealand’s (HortNZ) 2025 scholarship programme with18 funding opportunities for students with a special interest in the commercial fruit and vegetable industry.
A partnership between two technology companies in Hawke's Bay is making orchard data more easily accessible to growers using new interactive online heat maps.
The days of being a simple vegetable grower are long gone and there is a need for highly skilled people in both the business and science side of any operation.
One of the country’s leading commercial growers predicts that in the future more high value vegetables will be grown under cover.
October will see the highly successful kiwifruit industry celebrating some significant milestones in its illustrious history.
A post settlement treaty organisation in Wairoa is banking on horticulture to boost employment and income for its people.
New Zealand's fastest- growing vegetable – which grows at an astonishing rate of up to 17cm a day in warm weather – is now available in supermarkets.
Wine science researchers from the University of Adelaide have found that a tailor-made polymer developed in New Zealand could hold the key to removing smoke taint in wine.
The Horticulture sector needs a fit-for-purpose system for freshwater farm plans that works for the sector and delivers on environmental outcomes, says Michelle Sands, acting chief executive of HortNZ.
The horticulture sector is punching above its weight when it comes to export revenue, according to Westpac industry analyst Paul Clark.
Asparagus season is here, with the seasonal favourite set to land in kitchens across New Zealand this month.
Six of New Zealand’s top young horticulturalists will put their skills to the test in the national Young Grower of the Year final in Hastings next week.
According to new figures from Stats NZ, kiwifruit exports were valued at $3.1 billion in the year ended August 2024.
Kiwifruit growers are celebrating a trifecta of industry milestones next month.
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