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29.04.2026Potatoes

VIBRANCE Premium the new standard in potato seed treatment

A new standard in potato seed treatment now registered in NZ

Green wheat heads in a sunlit field under a blue sky

24.06.2026Cereals

Managing aphid pressure and resistance for BYDV in autumn sown cereals

With a super El Niño forecast for a warm winter, BYDV is a significant risk.

09.07.2025Forage

Importance of weed control in Lucerne

Grass and broadleaf weeds are a serious threat to the quality and viability of a lucerne stand. Weeds can reduce the nutritional value of the crop and cause significant reduction in yield as they compete aggressively for water, nutrients, sunlight, and space.

24.10.2023Syngenta

Syngenta Nozzle programme beneficial to growers

Every year Syngenta gives away up to 10,000 spray nozzles. The company has worked with a quality nozzle supplier to develop a range of nozzles that improve coverage with less spray drift.

07.07.2025Pipfruit

Black spot control with APTIVIS fungicide impresses

Motueka brothers, Simon and Matt Easton from Wairepo Holdings were impressed with the results they achieved using APTIVIS^® last season.

09.07.2025Cereals

Six reasons to choose TWINAX Xtra herbicide over a generic pinoxaden

TWINAX^® Xtra herbicide is the leading choice for the management of Wild oats, Phalaris spp and annual ryegrass in wheat and barley crops in terms of efficacy and ease of use.

23.07.2025Cereals

Powerful new Barley fungicide well received

MIRAVIS^® Flexi widely adopted in the barley market last season.

14.10.2025Kiwifruit

Enhanced formulation keeps leafrollers under control

Formulated using PEPITE granule technology that produces less dust than conventional granules for ease of handling, solubility and user safety.

06.10.2023Kiwifruit

Timely fungicide application minimises sclerotinia

Plant-based biofungicide TIMOREX GOLD^® was used in a Bay of Plenty Gold3 kiwifruit orchard for the first-time last season to protect fruit from sclerotinia infection.

Vineyard with green grape bunches on vine

15.10.2025Grapes

Effective disease control = better yields

These two potent actives provide effective control of Botrytis and Powdery mildew.

08.10.2025Cereals

Fungicide offers a direct route to higher wheat yields

Trial data supports the yield benefits of the SDHI fungicide ELATUS^® Plus.

23.10.2025Pipfruit

Reducing the risk of resistance and residues in pipfruit

By combining two insecticides from different mode of action groups, VOLIAM TARGO^® helps to reduce the risk of insecticide resistance

11.12.2024Pipfruit

Late season caterpillar control - with nil residues

PROCLAIM^® Opti insecticide is an enhanced formulation designed for late season control of Leafrollers and Codling moth in pipfruit.

24.02.2025Kiwifruit

Four ACTIGARD applications recommended for Psa protection

Unintentionally, the fourth ACTIGARD^® application was missed on a couple of blocks post-harvest, subsequently Psa and bacterial bud rot was noticeably higher in these blocks.