Too late for many New Zealand trees - A Hawke's Bay fruit grower says he has suffered financially and emotionally after he was made to burn thousands of fruit trees while waiting for a High Court judgement.

Horticulture groups seeking levy renewals have all had votes of confidence from growers to continue the work of the industry good organisations Horticulture New Zealand, TomatoesNZ, Vegetables New Zealand, Process Vegetables New Zealand, and Onions New Zealand report FreshPlaza.

Indications for this year's pipfruit crop are that orchard gate prices could rival the records set in 2016 and deliver grower returns well into the double-digits.

New Zealand’s domestic vegetable production is becoming more and more important. Kiwis are fortunate to have the majority of their fresh fruit and vegetables locally grown and available for domestic consumption, spending over $1.3 billion on vegetables and approximately $970 million on fruit annually report FreshPlaza.

This week, thousands of sterile codling moths are being dropped by drone onto central Hawke's Bay apple orchards to help wipe out the destructive wild population of the pest according to a report by FreshPlaza.

A final-year degree student is helping seasonal workers avoid work-related injuries with his specially tailored fitness programme.

New Zealand's first commercial banana plantation will hopefully become a major part of the horticulture scene and create jobs, both in the agriculture and scientific sectors, according to its creators reports Matthew Russell for FreshPlaza.

New Zealand’s top young fruit and vegetable growers will compete for the title of Young Grower of the Year in Napier on Wednesday, 22 August.

A group of five industry members have joined together to challenge last week’s directive by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) for nurseries and orchardists to contain and/or destroy tens of thousands of apple (Malus) and stonefruit (Prunus) plants.

One of New Zealand’s leading mushroom growers says demand for its produce typically increases throughout the winter months.