Kiwifruit
New Zealand: Kiwi producers face lower yields and poorer quality
2023-03-01 00:00
Bad weather in recent months, not least Cyclone Gabrielle, has caused the New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated (NZKGI) to classify volumes for the 2023 season well below the 160 million trays exported last year, Rural News reports.
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China Shenshan Orchard Holdings Co. Ltd., a leading producer of kiwifruits in China announced its financial results for the full year ended 31 December 2022, with a revenue decrease of 23.5% to RMB85.0 million for FY2022 due to severe drought conditions that adversely affected the Group’s
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"Our fresh-keeping technology can extend the storage life of kiwi fruit by 120~150%"
2023-02-28 00:00
The freshness of fruit directly affects the profit of retailers. How to better ensure the quality of fruits during transportation and retailing and extend the shelf life is a major challenge.
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Zespri expects 40 percent drop in profits this year
2023-02-27 00:00
New Zealand horticultural exporter Zespri is expecting up to a 40 percent dive in its profit this year. The company has also confirmed to green kiwifruit growers that they will not receive any more significant progress payments for fruit picked last autumn. Zespri has a global operating revenue
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Seeka reports on challenging 2022
2023-02-24 00:00
Listed New Zealand produce company Seeka has posted a net profit (after tax) of NZ$6.5m for the 2022 calendar year (12 months to 31 December).
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New Zealand produce company Seeka has announced a net profit after tax of $6.5 million, following a difficult year due to Covid-19 and lower yields across the industry.
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New Zealand’s kiwifruit growers begin referendum vote
2023-02-23 00:00
From 23 February until 24 March, New Zealand’s kiwifruit growers are invited to participate in a postal and online referendum for a compulsory levy on kiwifruit exports except Australia.
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NZ kiwifruit growers cast their votes
2023-02-23 00:00
New Zealand kiwifruit growers are voting on whether to continue a compulsory levy on their exports, except fruit sent to Australia.
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The Warehouse adds fresh produce
2023-02-22 06:00
New Zealand retailer The Warehouse has added fresh fruit and vegetables to its range as part of a new trial.
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Spanish nursery sells more than 400,000 bare root plants
2023-02-22 00:00
If Viveros Hernandorena is a reference in potted stone fruit trees, it is also a reference in bare root plants in species such as almond, kaki, kiwi, quince or pomegranate, crops where monovarieties predominate and reduced variety-pattern combinations, which allows for better management of the
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Prices staying strong for California kiwis
2023-02-22 00:00
Things seem to continue to be steady with the California kiwi season. “California still has ample supplies of kiwi and it’s being orderly shipped as it has in the last few years--things are on track,” says John Fagundes of Cal Harvest Marketing Inc. This is even with recent rains in the
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V. Hernandorena markets more than 400,000 bare-root plants.
2023-02-21 00:00
If Viveros Hernandorena is a reference in potted stone fruit trees, it is also a reference in bare-root plants in species such as almond, persimmon, kiwi, quince and pomegranate, crops where monovariety and reduced variety-pattern combinations predominate, which allows for a better
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How a New Zealand grower has built and is expanding a successful multi-fruit orchard
2023-02-21 00:00
A New Zealand fruit grower says that, while it was as challenging season weather-wise for its blueberry crop, they were still able to produce strong volumes.
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Fall in New Zealand’s kiwifruit exports
2023-02-20 11:00
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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NZ industry supports cyclone-hit growers
2023-02-20 07:00
New Zealand’s fresh produce industry is rallying around growers and packers impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle.
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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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Mango increasing in popularity along with production volumes
2023-02-20 00:00
After its first mango peeler, the Italian company PND continued to receive requests - especially from South America. Thus, the PL8M model was born.
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NZ: Heavy downpours impacted kiwifruit crops across all of the growing regions in the North Island
2023-02-20 00:00
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.
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“We are very excited about this year’s crop which is six to eight weeks earlier than New Zealand"
2023-02-16 00:00
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.
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A bridge over Raparapahoe Stream on No 4 Road washed out on January 29 after severe weather, affecting the 30 properties above it.
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