This month’s issue features a new project trialling traps for black field cricket management, and containment trials are getting underway in our regulatory project seeking registration of a new-to-New Zealand bioinsecticide against diamondback moth.
A series of extension resources to support effective extension of new knowledge and concepts to growers have been developed and are now available on the ALT website, and people interested in extension can connect through the new Extension Community of Practice.
This season’s Vegetable IPM workshops held at the Pukekohe Research and Demonstration Farm, supported by ALT and facilitated by Vegetables New Zealand are showcased, and we preview upcoming vegetables sector events, including biodiversity grower field walks.
In our latest podcast episode we share vegetable grower Howe Young’s journey from agrichemical reliance to integrated pest management decision-making and we include an update on this season’s efficacy and residue trials, targeting high priority crop protection control gaps in a range of crops.
Click to read In Touch – A Lighter Touch update February 2026.
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