Plant & Food Research’s Rob Agnew gathers monthly meteorological data which is available from the MRC website.
Looking back at 2019, most interestingly, 2019 was Blenheim’s equal hottest year on record, Rob notes.
Sanford’s announces new marine extract facilities
Focus on what’s good for Marlborough
We would like to welcome Carole Crawford, Director of Marlborough for the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology. In previous positions, as Executive Director – Learning Innovation & Delivery and Director - Learning, Teaching and Quality, Carole was based in Nelson. She is excited about her new role with responsibility now totally focussed on NMIT’s Marlborough campuses at Budge Street and at Woodbourne.
She says it is exciting being able to focus on what’s good for Marlborough.
Research Winery progress
Construction of the Bragato Research Institute winery on campus is taking shape.
The floors have been poured and the framing is up. The winery will be a sustainably built 5-star rated building – a first for Marlborough to be built to this standard.
Marlborough Wine Show Long Lunch Awards
New SWNZ project manager on MRC campus
Technical Communications Specialist joins the team at BRI
The Bragato Research team is growing
We welcome two new additions to the team at the Bragato Research Institute, Len Ibbotson, Viticulture Extension and Research Manager and Dr Darrell Lizamore, Principal Research Scientist Grapevine Improvement.
We caught up with both Len and Darrell to find out more about their new roles, what excites them, and what difference their work will make to industry.
Public enemy number one
Stink Bug, courtesy of Newsroom
Be aware of the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB). It hasn’t become established in New Zealand yet, but a Newsroom article explains why Ed Massey, GM Sustainability of NZWG, based at MRC sees it as public enemy number one, and why we all need to care also.
The article mentions Ed’s work, and also that of Plant & Food Research scientist Dr Max Suckling, who has worked in Italy trialing live traps to catch the stink bugs.
