NZ Avocado invites you to join us for a field day on Thursday 8 September 2022 from 1.00pm - 3.00pm at Laura Schultz’s orchard, 630 Rangiuru Rd, Te Puke. Laura is the 2022 Bay of Plenty Young Fruit Grower of the year winner and is both a grower and Trevelyan’s grower representative. Phil Elmer from […]
NZ Avocado invites you to join us for a field day on Thursday 15 September 2022 from 1.00pm - 3.00pm at Carol Palmer and Alistair Niven’s orchard, 360 Wharawhara Rd, Katikati. Alistair and Carol are reasonably new growers with a mix of both mature trees and young trees that are just coming into production. Phil […]
NZ Avocado invites you to join us for a field day on Wednesday 28 September 2022 from 1.00pm - 3.00pm at Ian Fulton and Ivan Stanisich orchard, 13 Heath Rd, Awanui. Ian and Ivan have a lot of growing experience between them and have been developing a new orchard together on Heath Rd. Come along […]
NZ Avocado invites you to join us for a field day on Thursday 29 September 2022 from 10.00am - 12.00pm at Helen Martin’s orchard, 665 Ngunguru Road, Whangarei. Helen took over the management of the orchard several years ago and has started reducing the height of trees on the orchard by stag horning one block. […]
Alison Mathews is a research scientist in the Horticulture & Irrigated Agriculture division of the Western Australia Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) based at Manjimup in Western Australia. Alison is currently leading a project on six-spotted mites in Western Australian avocados funded by Horticulture Innovation Australia. The aim of the project is […]
NZ Avocado and Apata invites you to join us to cover some practical tips to manage your irrigation on Friday, 25 November 2022 from 10.00pm – 12.00pm at Fred and Gill Willis’s orchard, 171 Walker Road East, Katikati. Irrigation and soil moisture management is playing an increasing role in orchard management and has a big influence […]
NZ Avocado and Trevelyan’s invites you to join us for a workshop on 2 Dec 2022 from 1.00pm – 3.00pm at Laura Schultz orchard, 630 Rangiuru Rd, Te Puke. Irrigation and soil moisture management is playing an increasing role in orchard management and has a big influence on your orchard performance. Come, see, hear and participate in […]
Come and learn about different production systems for growing avocados. NZ Avocado invites you to join us on Frank and Coryl Baggenstos’ orchard to look at some trials of growing avocado trees on wire on Tuesday, 6 December 2022 from 1.00pm – 3.00pm at 21b Hayward Rd, Whakamarama. Growers are not short of challenges at […]
NZ Avocado and Seeka invites you to join us for a workshop on 15 December 2022 from 12.30pm – 2.30pm at Cracklin Rosie orchard, 168 Heath Rd, Waiharara, Northland. Irrigation and soil moisture management is critical to orchard performance. Come see, hear and participate in some practical activities to understand how to get the most […]
Spray rules in Northland have changed. These changes are now being enforced and both growers and spray contractors need to be aware of the details and impact (more information was recently communicated in Avoconnect, click here to read). A meeting is being held with Northland Regional Council staff in February to help clarify the new […]
Throughout February 2023, NZ Avocado are hosting a series of grower roadshows in Northland and the Bay of Plenty as part of the consultation process for potential changes proposed to the NZAGA rules. This is a chance for growers to give feedback and discuss the proposed changes with the Executive in preparation for the Special […]
Throughout February 2023, NZ Avocado are hosting a series of grower roadshows in Northland and the Bay of Plenty as part of the consultation process for potential changes proposed to the NZAGA rules. This is a chance for growers to give feedback and discuss the proposed changes with the Executive in preparation for the Special […]