Apples
Juiced the ticket
Brian Belluomini and Sarah Wright of Mela Juice think the secret to their juice just might be the sturdy, not overly efficient, 40-year-old juicer they inherited. Mela Juice produces single-variety…
AudioAssessing the Damage
Motueka apple orchardist Evan Heywood has damage to five hectares of fruit from a bad batch of fungicide. Audio
Assessing the Damage
Motueka apple orchardist Evan Heywood has damage to five hectares of fruit from a bad batch of fungicide.
AudioMidday Rural News for 3 November 2017
Testing of a spray which has ruined over nine million dollars of apples has found that one batch contained a fungicide not intended for use on apples. Audio
Bad batch of fungicide ruining apple crops - grower
A bad batch of fungicide has ruined apples in the Nelson region and some fruit will be destroyed instead of exported, a grower says.
Good Growers
Marian and Graham Hirst started growing applies 28 years ago. They've had a good 2016, winning a number of business awards, but it hasn't always been easy on their Hawkes Bay orchard. Audio, Gallery
Good Growers
Marian and Graham Hirst started growing applies 28 years ago. They've had a good 2016, winning a number of business awards, but it hasn't always been easy on their Hawkes Bay orchard.
AudioFood with Paul Paynter
Paul Paynter is the 5th generation manager of Hawkes Bay family business the Yummy Fruit Company. As a bumper apple crop is being harvested about now, Paul talks to Kathryn Ryan about new varieties… Audio
How do you like them apples? - Food prices soar in January
The cost of food has had its largest monthly jump in nearly eight years, led by record apples prices.
Piqa Boo! What’s new in apples and pears
NZ growers are snapping up the newest apple on the block, Dazzle, and Piqa Boo, a new pear variety that combines the best of the East and West. Audio
Piqa Boo! What’s new in apples and pears
NZ growers are snapping up the newest apple on the block, Dazzle, and Piqa Boo, a new pear variety that combines the best of the East and West.
AudioWillow pest moving on to new tasty delights
The potentially devastating giant willow aphid is moving to other hosts as well, including apple trees.
The Apple of the World
The World Apple Report has ranked New Zealand's apple industry as the world's most competitive for the second year in a row. Audio
The Apple of the World
The World Apple Report has ranked New Zealand's apple industry as the world's most competitive for the second year in a row.
AudioHawke's Bay orchardists desperate for labour
Hawke's Bay orchards have been hit by a major labour shortage, apple growers say.
Scales upgrades FY net profit forecast by as much as 77%
The apple producer, Scales, has upgraded its full year bottom line profit guidance by as much as 77 percent, with all divisions delivering well ahead of the prospectus forecast. Audio
'Orchard in a box' - using GM to breed better apples
A greenhouse that is also a strict containment facility allows scientists to experimentally add apple genes to apple trees to speed up the breeding of new varieties Audio
'Orchard in a box' - using GM to breed better apples
A greenhouse that is also a strict containment facility allows scientists to experimentally add apple genes to apple trees to speed up the breeding of new varieties
AudioFirst Fruit
Charlie Owen's fruit is ready a few weeks ahead of most other Hawkes Bay orchards, He grows apples, nectarines, apricots, peaches and plums for the domestic market in a micro-climate a few kilometres… Audio
First Fruit
Charlie Owen's fruit is ready a few weeks ahead of most other Hawkes Bay orchards, He grows apples, nectarines, apricots, peaches and plums for the domestic market in a micro-climate a few kilometres…
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