Published: Oct 09, 2023

Global Pac Technologies, a New Zealand-based company, has worked with Robotics Plus to use artificial intelligence technology, to increase apple production packing speeds by 40 percent.

Published: Sep 25, 2023

New Zealand-based agritech company Robotics Plus has launched Prospr, an autonomous, multi-use, hybrid vehicle designed to carry out a variety of orchard and vineyard crop tasks more efficiently and sustainably while reducing reliance on labor.

Published: Jul 19, 2023

While this season has faced growers with challenging weather conditions, there are exciting times ahead in which new aspects of the consumer market provide fresh opportunities for growers, according to general manager of growing, Brent Wilcox.

Published: Jul 12, 2023

The New Zealand Food Safety Science and Research Centre has commissioned the Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit (AERU) at Lincoln University to make an independent estimate of the value of the Centre to New Zealand.

Published: Jul 06, 2023

The New Zealand Food Safety Science and Research Centre has commissioned the Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit (AERU) at Lincoln University to make an independent estimate of the value of the Centre to New Zealand.

Published: Apr 28, 2023

New Zealand’s favourite citrus fruit are now in season and Kiwi shoppers are encouraged to enjoy this important produce throughout the day for a great tasting, affordable vitamin boost.

Published: Apr 20, 2023

Jenni Matheson and Mrinali Kumar's New Zealand company EatKinda processes surplus New Zealand-grown cauliflower into vegan ice cream.

Published: Apr 07, 2023

The Hawke’s Bay landscape could one day see almond trees popping up beside the apple trees and grapevines it’s more traditionally known for.

Published: Mar 31, 2023

The harvest of onions at Premium Fresh is almost done for the year, the harvest conditions have been very good except for a some rain in the last few days.

Published: Feb 20, 2023

Cyclone Gabrielle has hit New Zealand farmers hard, some have lost everything.

Published: Nov 29, 2022

The 2023 New Zealand onion season is looking very good. As many regions in the world like Europe and Asia are expecting less production.

Published: Sep 30, 2022

Concerningly, exports of frozen fries from Belgium and the Netherlands have more than doubled in the quarter ending July 2022.

Published: Sep 26, 2022

The berry industry is likely to benefit from the recent hepatitis A scare from imported frozen berries.

Published: Aug 30, 2022

Zespri's position in the kiwi market has been under the industry's eye for years.

Published: Apr 15, 2022

Almonds have grown wild in Central Otago for many years. But only now, Plant & Food Research is embarking on a feasibility study to see if almonds can be grown sustainably in Hawke’s Bay.

Published: Dec 27, 2021

This year has been a big year for produce company Seeka, which is also New Zealand's largest kiwifruit grower.

Published: Sep 29, 2021

Sources claim that Zespri’s exports to China are continuing as normal, even after some of its kiwifruit tested positive for Covid-19 in China last week.

Published: Sep 18, 2021

Olam Food Ingredients (OFI) plans to develop a new dairy processing facility in New Zealand.

Published: Sep 08, 2021

A former kiwifruit grower who smuggled cuttings of Zespri’s prized gold variety to China has been ordered to pay the kiwifruit exporter more than $12 million, after his appeal proved unsuccessful.

Published: Aug 18, 2021

A unique plant milk made from New Zealand grown kabocha buttercup squash will be available in supermarkets across Asia following a partnership between a Hawke’s Bay company and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).