Food Standards Australia New Zealand
Food Standards Australia New Zealand is the organisation which regulates food safety. This organisation collaborates with the Commonwealth, State and Territory governments of Australia and the New Zealand government to devise food safety ... [... more]
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New Zealand Wine Industry Well Placed For Big Challenges
New Zealand wine producers face big challenges in the next few years as the industry becomes characterised by a doubling of export volumes combined with static consumption and worldwide oversupply. WELLINGTON 18/12/2003 - New Zealand wine ... [... more]
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New Zealand Warned Of Risk In Over-Planting Grapes
New Zealand's top wine growing region of Marlborough was risking over planting grapes, New Zealand Winegrowers deputy chairman Willie Cross said Monday.. BLENHEIM 25/02/2003 - New Zealand's top wine growing region of Marlborough was risking over ... [... more]
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HortFACT - Grapevine Diseases in New Zealand
The common diseases of grapes in New Zealand are Botrytis bunch rot, powdery mildew and downy mildew. The introduction of grapes to a region of New Zealand, and the planting of large ‘monoculture’ areas produces inevitable disease problems. The ... [... more]
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HortFACT - The Fortune Plum In New Zealand
The 'Fortune' plum, recently released to the New Zealand summerfruit industry through FIPIA New Zealand Ltd, is one of the most exciting introductions to be made available to the summerfruit industry for some time. Six trees of 'Fortune' were ... [... more]
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New Zealand Dollar Cuts Higher Returns For Kiwifruit
Kiwifruit grower returns jumped 27 percent per tray last year and early season estimates indicate that orchard gate returns will rise again in the year ending March 2004, according to the latest MAF Situation and Outlook for New Zealand ... [... more]
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HortNews - New Zealand Scientists Get The Pip
New Zealand plant geneticists appear to have beaten conventional breeders in an international search for a seedless apple that could become a commercial success. WELLINGTON 9/2/2001 - New Zealand plant geneticists appear to have beaten ... [... more]
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HortNews - New Zealand Wine Boom Hits Trendy Auckland Suburb
A trendy offshore suburb of Auckland will hold its first wine festival this weekend, making it the latest beneficiary of New Zealand's ongoing wine boom. AUCKLAND 31/01/2003 - A trendy offshore suburb of Auckland will hold its first wine festival ... [... more]
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Value to New Zealand
Fantastic, fresh, fragrant, flavoursome fruit!! Just like cars, clothes or music, fruit is a fashionable product. Cultivars come and go, and what is currently popular was not so a few years ago. Think back to when you were a child ... 'Goldmine' ... [... more]
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Europe Recognises New Zealand Approach To Organic Standards
New Zealand's approach to organic food standards has got the thumbs up from the European Union. WELLINGTON 3/7/2002 - New Zealand's approach to organic food standards has got the thumbs up from the European Union. Agriculture Minister Jim Sutton ... [... more]
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HortNews - New Zealand Wine Production Set To Increase
New Zealand vineyards do not know whether they can increase their market share as production continues to soar, a leading wine producer says. AUCKLAND 5/12/2002 - New Zealand vineyards do not know whether they can increase their market share as ... [... more]
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Peach And Nectarine Breeding In New Zealand
Work to improve peach and nectarine cultivars started in New Zealand towards the end of the last century (Glucina and Logan, 1983). Several selections that have become internationally recognized, and used in various breeding programmes, were ... [... more]
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