The ironsand mine at Taharoa on the North Island's West Coast has been one of the unsung success stories of New Zealand's export sector for more than five decades.
Check out our first ever Growing Digital Podcast episode with Rob Bensley, a skilled tech innovator and thought-leader in New Zealand's agri-tech world.
MetWatch has come a long way since its early days more than two decades ago. Back then, a young Mike Barley was working on a Pentium Pro PC in a makeshift office tucked away in a garage down Riverslea Road in Hawke's Bay.
More targeted spraying and reduced plant loss are some of the early benefits being reported by nursery owners using a new weekly disease risk forecast service launched by industry body New Zealand Plant Producers Incorporated.
More than 600 Australian Bureau of Meteorology weather stations have recently been connected to HortPlus’ network, setting the scene for an expansion of the company’s services to Australian growers and horticulture organisations.
HortPlus has tapped into research expertise from the University of Auckland to improve the quality of weather station data by harnessing data science techniques to quickly identify station sensors in need of attention or repair.
A partnership between two technology companies in Hawke’s Bay is making orchard data more easily accessible to growers using new interactive online heatmaps.
New Zealand’s leading berry supplier The Fresh Berry Company has rolled out a locally-developed forecasting platform that will allow its growers to precisely plan planting and harvest times to ensure fruit hits store shelves when consumers most want it.
A new digital platform for aphid management in cereal crops provides New Zealand arable growers with easy-to-access information, all in one place, to help them decide if they need to use insecticides or not.
Hawke’s Bay orchardist Rob Nichol is among a burgeoning number of growers putting their faith in a New Zealand-made technology platform to help manage weather, pest and disease risks on their land.
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