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Horticulture NZ's chair is genuinely concerned about the wellbeing of growers with confidence at rock bottom.

Melissa van den Heuvel has won the Young Grower of the Year for 2021.

Melissa van den Heuvel has been named the 2021 Young Grower of the Year.

There's an urgent need for a greater focus on science in the food and fibre sector.

Horticulture has the potential to be the brightest star in the primary sector in the coming decade.

MPI has turned down a request from the horticulture sector to declare the recent hail and rainstorms, that decimated many orchards around the country and cost growers millions
of dollars in lost income, as an ‘adverse event’.

An increased focus on exports for New Zealand tomatoes could see the sector double its 2014 value by 2020.

Horticulture presents a major opportunity for this country, says Barry O’Neil, new chairman of Horticulture New Zealand (HortNZ).

Despite the wet weather, kiwifruit vine killing bacteria Psa has surprisingly been less active so far this spring.

The kiwifruit industry has seen a resurgence of vine-killing disease Psa-V this year, but still expects a bumper crop.