President’s Report, January update
January 20, 2025
Presidents Report A short note from me as we welcome in 2025. HBFA looks forward to serving the needs of our growers and members like we have for the past . . .
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Chief Executive – January update
January 20, 2025
Hawke’s Bay Fruit Growers Association update Explore, Grow & Thrive – Take a breath, and grow! Happy New Year! As the orchards hum with activity and the season begins to . . .
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Summerfruit January update
January 20, 2025
HB Fruitgrowers Association Newsletter January 2025 While there is plenty of the Hawkes Bay Summerfruit season to go its worthwhile having a bit of a review. Winter was cold with . . .
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Weather Update -January
January 20, 2025
December brought the region a change in weather fortunes. The timing wasn’t great for holidaymakers, but some relief was needed from the extended dry period. It hasn’t helped that temperatures . . .
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New Zealand Apples and Pears January update
January 20, 2025
The new year kicked off with a bang when routine inspections of a biosecurity surveillance trap in Auckland found a single male Oriental Fruit Fly on January 3. For many . . .
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Sunburn browning
January 20, 2025
Sunburn browning With the recent bout of cooler weather, you’re forgiven to ask, “where has our summer gone?” The good news is, NIWA is 90% sure that temperatures for our . . .
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EIT January update
January 20, 2025
Kia ora koutou, Happy New Year! We hope you have all enjoyed some quality R and R with friends, family and loved ones, despite the rather unseasonal southerly flow. EIT . . .
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President’s Report, December update
December 19, 2024
Presidents Report My last “short” report for the year 2024 – It’ been a hugely busy year for all of us here at HBFA. We are all here, giving of . . .
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Chief Executive – December update
December 19, 2024
Hawke’s Bay Fruit Growers Association update Explore, Grow & Thrive – Take a breath, and grow! As we move through December and the year begins to wind down, yet the . . .
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New Zealand Apples and Pears December update
December 19, 2024
This year was a transformative one for New Zealand Apples and Pears, with our long overdue strategic review setting the organisation on a clear path forward. Independently conducted and with . . .
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EIT December update
December 19, 2024
Kia ora koutou, Its a frantic time at EIT as we drag in final assessments from students and flounder under a mountain of marking. Whilst its been fantastic having such . . .
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Driest soil conditions in the last four years
December 19, 2024
Irrigation is go – A dry season at last Jonathan Brookes AgFirst HB Ltd As I write this article, we are seeing the driest soil conditions in the last four . . .
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Weather Update – December
December 19, 2024
It was the driest spring the region has had for some time and rivalled the 2012-13 spring, which heralded one of the region’s worst droughts. It was the driest spring . . .
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President’s Report, November update
November 21, 2024
Presidents Report The season to date continues to shape up nicely – Lots of activities happening on orchard with thinning well underway. Our overseas work force have started arriving with . . .
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Chief Executive – November update
November 21, 2024
Hawke’s Bay Fruit Growers Association Update Explore, Grow & Thrive – Take a breath, and grow! As November unfolds, we find ourselves balancing exciting celebrations alongside some of the most . . .
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