Davis Europe has been working on the Red Love apple for several years now. The apple with its unique red flesh has been cultivated by the Dutch grower Jacco Merkens for seven years and enjoys widespread sales. "We sell more of them every year. By the time we were three weeks in we had already sold more than last season," says Wilm Koemans. This week the company exported the first shipment by air freight to India. read more...

With horticulture growers scrambling to find workers to pick their crops over the coming harvest season, one small Hawke's Bay business headed out of town to get people on board. read more...

There is a need to re-orientate New Zealanders into working in the primary sector, according to the director general of the Ministry for Primary Industries. read more...

In what is believed to be an Australian first, a robot fruit picker will be working on two Goulburn Valley properties to see if it is a commercially viable alternative to human labour. read more...

Students, migrants and grey nomads will be urged to pick fruit and vegetables and fill labour shortages on Victorian farms to prevent tonnes of produce from going to waste and price rises for fresh food. read more...