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Record year for New Zealand horticultural exports
Government outlook report predicts exports to increase 19 per cent driven by kiwifruit and apple trade
Sonia Gabauer wins 2025 Seeka MOYA
Driscoll’s Australia national marketing manager presented with Australasia’s premier fresh produce marketing award for the Sweetest Batch Strawberries Campaign
Dole founder and produce champion David Murdock dies, aged 102
Billionaire businessman and wellness advocate, who transformed Dole into global fruit powerhouse and later championed nutrition research, passed away on 9 June
Inaugural Australian-Grown Innovation Incubate cohort named
A group of 14 growers will join six-week programme to help develop their ideas and innovations
Winners of 2025 Horticulture Awards for Excellence announced at Hort Connections
Industry excellence recognised with ten winners announced in Brisbane
Apple exporter revises profit guidance and confirms packhouse sale
Scales managing director updates shareholders on first-half performance as New Zealand enjoys excellent season
New Zealand apple industry hails ‘best season’ in long time
As industry’s recovery from tough four years continues, association leader confirms new harvest exceeds expectations
BayWa secures court approval for restructuring plan
Company’s plan was already underway, with new loans secured until end of 2028, but legal backing now in place
Seeka unveils red-skinned Nashi Ruby Roo
The pear was developed in collaboration with New Zealand’s Prevar and Plant & Food Research and grown in Australia
Hort Innovation prioritises productivity with A$220mn R&D investment
Investment in new technology aims to boost productivity and yield while reducing input costs
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Market price reporting platform FreshData launches at Hort Connections
Platform allows users to track daily price highs and lows, volume trends, and distribution patterns across Australia’s major central markets.
Hort Innovation supports industry development with six-year Hort Connections agreement
Hort Innovation to remain Hort Connections’ Principal Convention Partner until 2031
Apal announces 2025 Awards for Excellence honouring apple and pear industry leaders
Growers and industry professionals from across Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia recognised for outstanding contributions
Horticulture Awards for Excellence finalists announced
Winners to be announced at Hort Connections Gala Dinner of 6 June
Prevar launches New Zealand’s first pinky-red fleshed apple
Small volumes of the Fizz to be released to key markets this season
BayWa’s produce sales improve, but restructuring plan approval still pending
As conglomerate attempts to bring down costs and focus on more profitable areas of business, its fruit and veg sales have increased
Melbourne Market rent standoff comes to an end
Melbourne Market Authority signs new lease agreements with all 17 end-of-term tenants ending rent review process
Australian ToBRFV National Management Group declares eradication “no longer feasible”
Current strategies to contain the spread of the virus remain in place while new national management strategy is developed
Produce Plus Winter out now!
The Hort Connections special edition is now available on the new Produce Plus app featuring a Q&A with The Packaging Hippie Gilad Sadan, the Produce Plus-NielsenIQ Top 20 and features on packaging, grading, citrus and kiwifruit
All Aussie Farmers to bring The Purple Tomato to Australia
Australian premium produce distributor partners with US-based developer of The Purple Tomato, Norfolk Healthy Produce, on Australian commercial distribution