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THIOVIT^® Jet is a high quality, premium, BioGro certified fungicide for Powdery mildew.

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

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.

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.

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

BRAVO^® Weather Stik^® is a broad-spectrum fungicide for the control of fungal diseases in a range of crops. Examples include ring spot and downy mildew in brassicas, late and early blight in potatoes.

Faster access to new products could benefit farmers and growers by $272 million over 20 years

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.

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

DURIVO^® insecticide provides an excellent control of white butterfly, diamondback moth, aphids, greenhouse whitefly and onion thrips.

SOLVIGO^® insecticide is an important component of a well-considered spray programme for onion thrips control.

The fourth season of window trap and observation surveys for Operation Pollinato demonstrate that planting native species near kiwifruit orchards provides habitat and resources for a greater diversity of insects, including insects known to pollinate kiwifruit.