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We will become one of the world’s most important suppliers of fruit, as Turners & Growers is represented in all key markets on all continents. The door to Asia, the highest growth market for fruit, is now wide open for BayWa’s fruit trading business.
Persistent rain puts damper on kiwifruit payout
A wet start to the Nelson kiwifruit harvest is said to be frustrating growers, according to this report in the Nelson Mail, reducing the taste profile of their fruit and costing them money.
Seconds out: A brief summary of round two of the Turners & Growers versus Zespri court battle, courtesy of Country 99 TV News.
The simple commercial solution could be for kiwifruit growers, Zespri’s owners, to sell 45 per cent of the company for a solid commercial consideration to suitably qualified and responsible free-market exporters – for example Turners & Growers.
(Click image to enlarge) Data released by Zespri shows the number of notifications the company has received regarding PSA – also know as kiwifruit canker – following the recent outbreak in New Zealand. Latest statistics as of 9am on 12 November (NZ time) showed that three orchards had confirmed cases of PSA,
This season’s final vessel of New Zealand kiwifruit has departed the Port of Tauranga, bound for Japan. The MV Antwerp is carrying about 1,000 pallets of kiwifruit, compared with a normal load of about 3,500 pallets and will stop in New Caledonia to pick up squash, which is also destined for Japanese consumers.
Growers down here are pretty despondent and some have already grafted over their Jazz trees to other varieties including Fuji and Pink Lady. We can’t go on losing money year after year.
Access has not been formally suspended, but we were advised a couple of weeks ago that it could be. We expect them to confirm what is happening this week.
This research provides us with evidence that by regularly incorporating Zespri Gold kiwifruit in meals which also contain iron, women can better manage their energy and iron levels whilst providing positive effects on the brain and the immune system.
