Kiwifruit

New Zealand’s prized kiwifruit suffered a disappointing 2022 in terms of exports. Figure from Stats NZ show that shipments of the fruit were down 5.1% year-on-year in value, with green kiwifruit sales plummeting by 24% in value to NZ$707.5m. Exports of gold kiwifruit were up by over 4%
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New Zealand’s fresh produce industry is rallying around growers and packers impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle. read more

In some areas of the upper North Island, kiwifruit producers had to watch as little streams suddenly erupted into raging rivers, their crops being submerged by water that rose two or three meters high. read more

Carrefour has included kiwi from Spain in its Carrefour Círculo de Calidad brand. The company plans to sell more than 800 tonnes of this fruit from national growers from this month, when the season starts, until June. During
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After its first mango peeler, the Italian company PND continued to receive requests - especially from South America. Thus, the PL8M model was born. read more

A bridge over Raparapahoe Stream on No 4 Road washed out on January 29 after severe weather, affecting the 30 properties above it. read more

New Zealand’s 2023 kiwifruit harvest has kicked off amidst adverse weather, which is a challenge for some growers, while a lower volume of kiwifruit will be produced than in the previous year and the new red variety is the first to be picked. read more

South Africa has been growing gold kiwifruit for around 10 years, but it is only during recent years that the production is really coming on and has a good consistent export quality fruit. read more

According to industry experts, kiwifruit - introduced in Pakistan during the last decade - has great potential and can help more Pakistani farmers throw off poverty. Naveed Ahmed, Scientific Officer of PARC-NTHRI Shinkiari explained that kiwis get 30 to 35 kgs of fruits per plant
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At Fruit Logistica, we asked Jingold for news about the recent Superheroes project. 'We launched it this winter,' says Federico Milanese, international development manager, 'a collaboration implemented with Marvel. The aim is to stimulate an increase in the consumption of
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Kiwifruit marketer Zespri has successfully applied to the High Court to liquidate the company of a kiwifruit grower who illegally exported its gold kiwifruit cuttings to China. The company, Smiling Face, and its owner, Haoyu Gao, have been in and out of the courts with Zespri since 2018. read more

Indian fresh produce company IG International and agri-tech start-up Agrograde have formed a joint venture, IG Agrograde. read more

LinkThings, an innovative company specializing in supply chain technology, today introduces a new multilingual platform, Coldcha 2.0. read more

The Primland project continues to grow successfully in Asturias, where a significant increase in cultivation hectares is expected. “Currently, our company in the principality, Kiwis La Rodriga, has 15 hectares in production. Another 8 hectares have already been planted (which will soon be
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To investigate the nutritional profile of each kiwifruit variety, researchers from the Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) selected 14 kiwifruit varieties, covering red-fleshed, green-fleshed and yellow-fleshed kiwifruits wildly cultivated in China. They detected and
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Vergers Cancel has been established in the Adour production basin for many years. But the group of producers grew stronger in 2021 by taking over the kiwi activity of Rouquette (Aiguillon, Lot-et-Garonne) and operating a packaging unit in Caubios-Loos (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) from October 2022.
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Kiwifruit vines in the Bay of Plenty took a direct hit last week and the total cost won't be revealed until the floods drain away. Kiwifruit have been washed clean in the Papamoa surf, while their vines have been sitting in stagnant flood waters. read more

The High Court has granted leave to appeal in a land valuation case that would potentially affect the kiwifruit industry. In Gisborne District Council v Bushmere Trust [2022] NZHC 2996, the Bushmere Trust owned a property northwest of Gisborne. Bushmere had a license from Zespri Group to grow
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Demand for kiwifruit has not dropped with inflation. Sales got off to a slow start at the beginning of the season, but by mid-January a recovery was seen". This is stated by Massimo Ceradini, whose company is a specialist: Ceradini Group's kiwis are shipped everywhere, mainly Europe, but also to
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In an update to growers on 20 January, Zespri said growers would not get progress payments as fruit quality issues had resulted in additional costs. This has led to a letter by the New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers (NZKGI) executive committee being sent to Zespri, asking for an explanation over the
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