Browsing: Export
Case studies from the New Zealand food export business: discover what successful food and beverage exporters are doing. Covers New Zealand beef exports, dairy exports, fish exports, seafood exports and more.
Machines beat humans when it comes to picking Sauvignon blanc grapes
University of Auckland research overturns the long held view that hand picking of grapes is needed to produce the best Sauvignon blanc. Continue →
Indonesia eases food ban through critical port
By Les Watkins
New Zealand is one of only four countries permitted to continue exporting fruit and vegetables into Indonesia through the favoured Tanjung Priok port at Jakarta. Continue →
Fonterra’s biggest shake-up since its formation
In-fighting over the amount of control shareholding farmers will retain in Fonterra will now drag on until November – and possibly longer – because of last month’s inconclusive vote on the issue. Continue →
Mt Rosa Winery and Tiger Woods – the perfect score
Owners of a Central Otago vineyard are ‘charging their glasses’ with news that a bottle of their wine has received the highest price ever paid for a bottle of New Zealand wine. Continue →
International Sweet Wine Challenge 2012
The 2012 International Sweet Wine Challenge, a leading wine show dedicated to sweet wines, is inviting sweet wine producers from around the world – including New Zealand, who picked up two trophies last year – to submit their wines for entry into the awards between 22 June – 24 August 2012. Continue →
Trade keeps rolling on for Maersk
Milestone reefer rolls off Maersk production line after substantial growth in sales. Continue →
NZ Pork fights flying pigs
By Les Watkins
Fighting a government decision, which pig breeders fear could destroy their billion-dollar industry, has so far cost the pig farmers’ association NZ Pork $1.5 million. Continue →
Zespri triples annual profit
Zespri almost tripled annual profit following a record crop as the industry recovers from the Psa vine bacteria. Continue →
Taking a bite of the US apple market
New Zealand apple exporters are right now busy supplying their crop to worldwide markets. Continue →
Export success for pet food manufacturers
A unique product and tireless work to get past food compliance issues have turned K9 Natural into a fast growing business. Continue →
Continued growth for New Zealand King Salmon
By the mid-2020s more than 1600 additional jobs will be sustained in the Nelson Marlborough region if plans by salmon farmer New Zealand King Salmon come to fruition. Continue →
Algae cash
By Les Watkins
Microscopic plants from the ocean around New Zealand are poised to provide one of the country’s most profitable exports – containing potentially lethal toxins – with a trading value 50,000 times their weight in gold. Continue →
New agri-business innovation park big boost for mid Canterbury
Grow Mid Canterbury and the Ashburton District Council, in partnership with Eden AgriCapital, have announced a $30 million investment in a new agri-business innovation park. Continue →
Kiwi growers on the trail of food and beverage fraudsters
By Les Watkins
Identity theft in the food and beverage industry is more widespread than previously believed. Continue →
Russia tipped to be largest economy in Europe by 2050
By Les Watkins
Hopes are high that New Zealand will soon become the first OECD country to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with Russia, which now imports more than US$30 billion of food globally each year. Continue →
Te Mata’s John Buck inducted into New Zealand Wine Hall of Fame
Mr Buck received his award from the chairman of the Hall of Fame Trust, Michael Brett, at a glittering black tie dinner at Auckland’s ASB Showgrounds. Continue →
Westland proves client focus and great R&D can make a small company very successful
Westland Milk Products has been recognised for best use of research and development in the 2012 New Zealand International Business Awards. Continue →
Horticulture News
Changes must beef up biosecurity.
Horticulture New Zealand wants to see stronger biosecurity protection come out of an announcement of an investigation into how border protection agencies can work together. Continue →
The 2012 Cuisine NZ Champions of Cheese Awards
The Cuisine NZ Champions of Cheese Awards is a celebration of local cheesemaking – honouring technical excellence in the manufacture of New Zealand cheese. Continue →
Political roadblocks at Indonesian key port
By Les Watkins
Indonesia and its constantly growing population now nudging 140 million seemed set to become one of our major customers for products such as onions, apples and kiwifruit. Continue →