A free interactive tool has been launched to provide apple and grape growers and prospective investors with a glimpse into how climate change may affect the risk and costs of living with common plant diseases in different parts of New Zealand.
A partnership between New Zealand’s national weather service MetService and homegrown agri-tech experts HortPlus will improve the quality of rural weather forecasts and allow weather data to be used in new and innovative ways.
The MetWatch Weather & Disease Portal has recently been upgraded with two new tools to help growers decide on the best times to irrigate, plant crops, and more.
A new digital tool has been released to help Kiwi growers and farmers track the impacts of transpiration on their crops and evaporation and rainfall on their land so they can make more informed decisions on when to irrigate.
A demonstration onion farm in Pukekohe is combining modern disease forecasting tools with old school knowledge to show onions can be grown effectively with fewer chemical sprays.
Commercial vegetable growers now have access to a powerful new tech tool designed to support decision making and better management of common New Zealand plant diseases, including Downy Mildew.
Whanganui-Manawatu isn’t as well known for kiwifruit as some other parts of New Zealand, but with a little help from technology, local orchardist David Wells is finding a way to thrive.
HortPlus and Plant & Food Research have upgraded the Myrtle Rust Climate Model with new modelling that gives plant producers real-time spray management advice based on the actual sprays they use in their nursery.
