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ZESPRI SAYS its forecast per hectare returns have broken $50,000 for the first time, predicting orchard gate returns per hectare of $51,047.

How growers can produce top-tasting kiwifruit and make top dollar was the theme of a recent Zespri field day in Hawkes Bay.  This is a critical time for growers as decisions made now will determine the size and value of their crop. 

THE KIWIFRUIT Claim was due to be lodged with the High Court in Wellington late last week (Oct 17).

ZESPRI SAYS it does not support or agree with the approach taken by the group behind 'The Kiwifruit Claim'.

IN A MARKETING success for Zespri, more than 1000 people took part in an Zespri 'Juicy Water Fight' in Shanghai to celebrate the launch of Zespri SunGold Kiwifruit in China this season.

ZESPRI IS launching a new graduate recruitment scheme to attract top young talent into the kiwifruit industry.

UNIVERSITY OF Waikato PhD candidate Rasika Subasinghe has been awarded a Zespri Innovation Fellowship for her research into the host cell wall degrading strategies of the Psa bacteria in kiwifruit.

KIWIFRUIT GROWERS have taken another step on recovery pathway from the vine-killing disease Psa, with gold kiwifruit volumes forecast to rise in 2014 after two years of decline, Zespri's chief executive Lain Jager says.

Zespri, the world's premium kiwifruit marketer, has been recognised for the quality of its marketing programmes across Asia at the inaugural Asia Fruit Awards presented in Hong Kong this week.

A Shanghai Court has upheld the findings against Zespri's China-based subsidiary and one of the subsidiary's employees, relating to the under-declaration of customs duties on imports into Shanghai of New Zealand kiwifruit between 2008 and 2010.