March 24, 2025
Indoor Growing Summit 2025
Growing the Future Indoors Summit 2025 is a two-day event for companies, researchers, tech providers, and growers interested in everything to…
March 14, 2025
A Lighter Touch March 2025 newsletter
This month we have an update on our regulatory case study project taking a new-to-New Zealand bioinsecticide for the control…
March 14, 2025
NZ on right path to increase use of biologicals
Increasing grower uptake of biological crop protection products will require industry collaboration, regulatory change, and more education about their use…
March 14, 2025
ALT work to feed into regulatory recommendations
The recommendations from the Ministry for Regulation’s regulatory registration review highlight areas where A Lighter Touch’s work aimed at improving…
March 14, 2025
Trap crop trialled as part of IPM solution
A project at the Pukekohe Research and Demonstration Farm is trialling the use of a trap crop as part of…
March 14, 2025
Testing yet to find virus in regulatory case study
Laboratory testing of diamondback moth (DBM) larvae collected in NZ has so far failed to find the presence of a…
March 14, 2025
Grower group seeding biodiversity on farm
When is an insect pest not a pest for a grower? When it’s not causing economic impact to a crop…
March 3, 2025
Summerfruit NZ conference
The 2025 Summerfruit NZ Conference is being held in Blenheim and will feature visits to properties around the region as…
March 3, 2025
FAR Conference 2025
The Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) 2025 conference will focus on supporting the financial sustainability of growers' arable businesses.
