T&G Global is thrilled to share that the recipient of the 2024 Edward Turner Horticulture Futures Grant is Francis Ferrada-Hartley, a Master’s student at Massey University. This prestigious post-graduate grant, valued at $10,000, is designed to support the next...
T&G Global announces 2024 Edward Turner Grant
T&G Global is proud to announce the second round of the Edward Turner Horticulture Futures Grant, a prestigious $10,000 post-graduate scholarship designed to foster the next generation of horticultural leaders. This grant, named in honour of Edward Turner, who...
Introducing STELLAR™: a game-changer for early season apple lovers
The Hot Climate Partnership is set to unveil STELLAR™, the world’s first early season apple variety specifically bred for hot and warming climates next week at Fruit Attraction in Madrid. STELLAR™ apple trees are a disruptor in the early variety space. The bright red...
Planting begins for new Joli™ apple commercial growing pilot
The first commercial planting of T&G Global’s newest global premium apple variety Joli™, began this week at one of T&G’s Hawke’s Bay orchards. T&G is the global exclusive license holder for growing, marketing and selling the new variety, branded as...
T&G launches new global premium apple variety
T&G Global has today launched Joli™, a new global premium apple variety, which joins the company’s established portfolio of Envy™ and JAZZ™ apple brands. Joli™, which global consumers will be able to enjoy from 2028 onwards, is the...
T&G commissions state-of-the-art automated Hawke’s Bay packhouse
T&G Global has commissioned one of the largest apple packhouses in the Southern Hemisphere at its Whakatū site in Hawke’s Bay. The highly automated facility, with 1.7 hectares of roof space, will be able to pack more than 125 million kilograms of apples per season...
World’s first apple variety bred specifically for a hot climate unveiled at Berlin Fruit Logistica
Following twenty years of breeding and scientific development, Tutti™, the world’s first specifically bred hot climate tolerant apple variety, was commercially launched at Berlin Fruit Logistica trade show today. Tutti™, which for the last five years has...
New dragon fruit varieties to delight growers and consumers
The first new varieties from a joint New Zealand – Viet Nam dragon fruit breeding programme are set to be launched to the global marketplace. Plant & Food Research in New Zealand and the Southern Horticultural Research Institute (SOFRI) in Viet Nam have been...
T&G takes bold step towards low carbon future with Sustainability-Linked Loan
T&G Global today announced it has signed Aotearoa New Zealand’s first Sustainability-Linked Loan in the horticulture sector – borrowing $180 million. The three-year loan is the first of its kind in New Zealand horticulture, and commits T&G to a science-based...
Collaborative new programme supports sole parents into horticulture industry
One of Aotearoa’s largest horticultural businesses, T&G Global, has teamed up with the Ministry of Social Development and Māori Wardens on a new programme to support sole parents enter the workforce. The new programme, He Huarahi Hou (new pathway), has been set up...
Creating sustainable apple and pear varieties for a warming world
The Hot Climate Programme, an industry leading breeding programme, is capturing the attention of fresh produce companies globally, as the demand for climate resistant fruit increases. Initiated in 2002, the Hot Climate Programme is...
Sowing the seeds for a regenerative horticultural partnership
Two of Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest horticultural businesses - T&G Global and Zespri - are teaming up with science organisation Plant & Food Research and other industry partners on a new project to research, develop, define, and promote sustainable and...
T&G on the search for new suppliers to help fulfil future growth strategy
T&G Global today announced it is on the search for a wide range of suppliers to be part of a significant growth period for the company, across the Hawke’s Bay and Nelson regions. The company is calling for expressions of interest from new or existing suppliers...
New global genetics business will help build a premium and sustainable fresh produce sector
T&G Global has today launched VentureFruit, a global genetics and variety management business. Built off T&G’s deep experience in creating value from new fruit varieties, VentureFruit will bring new and superior fruit to consumers, retailers and growers around...
Australian consumers soon to enjoy big flavoursome blueberries
T&G Global is set to take a big bite out of the Australian blueberry market with the first commercial crop of new super-sized, superior tasting blueberries to be launched in retail stores this December. The global fresh produce company has secured 16 of the latest...
T&G blown away by productivity gains with new turbo charged leaf blower
A turbo charged leaf blower being trialled at T&G Global is paving the way for better quality apples and an increase in fruit being picked off the trees this season. T&G has partnered with Fruition Horticulture to trial a leaf blower machine which uses...
Building a skilled Hawke’s Bay workforce through virtual reality
T&G Global is harnessing virtual reality technology to recruit and train Hawke’s Bay locals in positions it’s struggling to fill, particularly forklift drivers. The company has partnered with the Whiti programme to deliver a Supply Chain Cadetship which offers job...
Picking platforms prove their worth in the race to get fruit off trees
T&G Global is pulling out all the stops to harvest apples this season, welcoming eight new state-of-the-art automated picking platforms as part of its commitment to provide a safe and productive workplace. With a seasonal labour shortage and a harvest that...
T&G Global awards $10,000 horticultural grant to innovative researcher
T&G Global is thrilled to share that the recipient of the 2024 Edward Turner Horticulture Futures Grant is Francis Ferrada-Hartley, a Master’s student at Massey University. This prestigious post-graduate grant, valued at $10,000, is designed to support the next...
T&G Global announces 2024 Edward Turner Grant
T&G Global is proud to announce the second round of the Edward Turner Horticulture Futures Grant, a prestigious $10,000 post-graduate scholarship designed to foster the next generation of horticultural leaders. This grant, named in honour of Edward Turner, who...
Introducing STELLAR™: a game-changer for early season apple lovers
The Hot Climate Partnership is set to unveil STELLAR™, the world’s first early season apple variety specifically bred for hot and warming climates next week at Fruit Attraction in Madrid. STELLAR™ apple trees are a disruptor in the early variety space. The bright red...
Planting begins for new Joli™ apple commercial growing pilot
The first commercial planting of T&G Global’s newest global premium apple variety Joli™, began this week at one of T&G’s Hawke’s Bay orchards. T&G is the global exclusive license holder for growing, marketing and selling the new variety, branded as...
T&G launches new global premium apple variety
T&G Global has today launched Joli™, a new global premium apple variety, which joins the company’s established portfolio of Envy™ and JAZZ™ apple brands. Joli™, which global consumers will be able to enjoy from 2028 onwards, is the...
T&G commissions state-of-the-art automated Hawke’s Bay packhouse
T&G Global has commissioned one of the largest apple packhouses in the Southern Hemisphere at its Whakatū site in Hawke’s Bay. The highly automated facility, with 1.7 hectares of roof space, will be able to pack more than 125 million kilograms of apples per season...
World’s first apple variety bred specifically for a hot climate unveiled at Berlin Fruit Logistica
Following twenty years of breeding and scientific development, Tutti™, the world’s first specifically bred hot climate tolerant apple variety, was commercially launched at Berlin Fruit Logistica trade show today. Tutti™, which for the last five years has...
New dragon fruit varieties to delight growers and consumers
The first new varieties from a joint New Zealand – Viet Nam dragon fruit breeding programme are set to be launched to the global marketplace. Plant & Food Research in New Zealand and the Southern Horticultural Research Institute (SOFRI) in Viet Nam have been...
T&G takes bold step towards low carbon future with Sustainability-Linked Loan
T&G Global today announced it has signed Aotearoa New Zealand’s first Sustainability-Linked Loan in the horticulture sector – borrowing $180 million. The three-year loan is the first of its kind in New Zealand horticulture, and commits T&G to a science-based...
Collaborative new programme supports sole parents into horticulture industry
One of Aotearoa’s largest horticultural businesses, T&G Global, has teamed up with the Ministry of Social Development and Māori Wardens on a new programme to support sole parents enter the workforce. The new programme, He Huarahi Hou (new pathway), has been set up...
Creating sustainable apple and pear varieties for a warming world
The Hot Climate Programme, an industry leading breeding programme, is capturing the attention of fresh produce companies globally, as the demand for climate resistant fruit increases. Initiated in 2002, the Hot Climate Programme is...
Sowing the seeds for a regenerative horticultural partnership
Two of Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest horticultural businesses - T&G Global and Zespri - are teaming up with science organisation Plant & Food Research and other industry partners on a new project to research, develop, define, and promote sustainable and...
T&G on the search for new suppliers to help fulfil future growth strategy
T&G Global today announced it is on the search for a wide range of suppliers to be part of a significant growth period for the company, across the Hawke’s Bay and Nelson regions. The company is calling for expressions of interest from new or existing suppliers...
New global genetics business will help build a premium and sustainable fresh produce sector
T&G Global has today launched VentureFruit, a global genetics and variety management business. Built off T&G’s deep experience in creating value from new fruit varieties, VentureFruit will bring new and superior fruit to consumers, retailers and growers around...
Australian consumers soon to enjoy big flavoursome blueberries
T&G Global is set to take a big bite out of the Australian blueberry market with the first commercial crop of new super-sized, superior tasting blueberries to be launched in retail stores this December. The global fresh produce company has secured 16 of the latest...
T&G blown away by productivity gains with new turbo charged leaf blower
A turbo charged leaf blower being trialled at T&G Global is paving the way for better quality apples and an increase in fruit being picked off the trees this season. T&G has partnered with Fruition Horticulture to trial a leaf blower machine which uses...
Building a skilled Hawke’s Bay workforce through virtual reality
T&G Global is harnessing virtual reality technology to recruit and train Hawke’s Bay locals in positions it’s struggling to fill, particularly forklift drivers. The company has partnered with the Whiti programme to deliver a Supply Chain Cadetship which offers job...
Picking platforms prove their worth in the race to get fruit off trees
T&G Global is pulling out all the stops to harvest apples this season, welcoming eight new state-of-the-art automated picking platforms as part of its commitment to provide a safe and productive workplace. With a seasonal labour shortage and a harvest that...
Red “Hot” apple continues to impress
The first apple to be commercially released from the Hot Climate Programme (which includes NZ based companies T&G Global and Plant & Food Research), is receiving rave reviews from growers in Italy, France and the UK, after a series of evaluations in 2020. A...
T&G Global commercialises first climate-change resistant apple variety
The apple is the first to be launched from the Hot Climate Programme, a global pan-industry breeding programme, focused on the long-term sustainability of apple production in a changing climate. Peter Landon-Lane, T&G Global’s Director Innovation and Technical,...
Kiwi ingenuity pays off on Kerikeri mandarin orchards
Around 20 hectares of T&G Global’s mandarin orchards in Northland have transformed to a later season variety over the past two years through clever grafting and a dose of kiwi ingenuity.The team, who collected the graft wood from mature trees in 2018 and 2019,...
New partnerships bring bigger, tastier berries to market
Consumers across the world may soon be experiencing tastier, fuller-sized blueberries year-round, thanks to two new partnerships in blueberries that will bring premium quality berries with superior genetics, in secured volumes, to customers across the world. T&G...
Waste-to-Energy plant announced by Minister Shane Jones
The country’s first large-scale, waste-to-energy plant was announced by Minister Shane Jones at T&G’s covered crops facility at Reporoa today. The proposed purpose-built facility will take food waste from the region (and from T&G’s tomato vines), turn it into...
World’s first commercial robotic apple harvest at T&G’s Hawkes Bay orchards
In a world-first, T&G Global is using a robotic harvester for a commercial apple harvest, reflecting the company’s commitment to innovation-led growth. It is the culmination of four years of working with US-based technology partner Abundant Robotics, which...
Global apple & pear breeding programme heats up
New, superior tasting apples and pears that can thrive in the planet’s increasingly warm climate will soon be available to fruit growers worldwide. T&G Global (formerly Turners & Growers) has joined Plant & Food Research, the Institute of Agriculture and...
T&G Global Secures Exclusive Commercialisation Rights For Blueberry Varieties in Australia
T&G Global has become the license holder of a suite of 16 proprietary blueberry varieties in Australia, allowing it to better deliver to growing demand for berry fruit worldwide. The exclusive agreement represents one of the biggest collections of proprietary...