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Heather Feetham wins Pukekohe Young Grower competition

May 11, 2021 by Lauren Hale

Heather Feetham, a 25-year-old production manager at T&G Fresh, has won the 2021 Pukekohe Young Grower competition. The competition tested the four contestant’s vegetable and fruit growing knowledge as well as skills needed to be a successful grower.Contestants completed modules in marketing, compliance, pests and disease identification, safe tractor driving, health and safety, soil and […]

Growing Kai Under Increasing Dry

May 6, 2021 by Lauren Hale

Keep your Tuesday lunchtimes free for the rest of May and save-the-date for the 31st May. ‘Growing Kai Under Increasing Dry’ is a seminar series created to encourage primary sector resilience through the impacts of climate change and, as a result of that, drought. The series has been put together by science agencies The Deep […]

Knowing your fertiliser includes understanding how it spreads

February 11, 2021 by Simon Edwards

With the summer season being a busy time for farmers and growers keen to get the fert’ on, there’s often a tendency to focus on getting the job done, rather than think too much about what’s in the product or how it’s being applied, says the Fertiliser Quality Council. The organisation, which overseas Fertmark and […]

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EU approves methane-reducing feed additive Bovaer®

February 25, 2022 By Bronwyn Wilson

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