VegetablesPeter Reynolds, whose family has grown potatoes, onions and pumpkins around Pukekohe for generations, received New Zealand horticulture's highest honour for his work for growers, research and environmental care on farms.
FruitsA Global Horticulture Hub at Madanapalle aims to widen fruit farming across drought-prone Rayalaseema, with Reliance planning an agriculture school focused on artificial intelligence.
VegetablesIreland imported €1.97 billion of fruit and vegetables in 2025 against exports of €492.5 million, a deficit of about €1.47 billion that has revived warnings about food security and the shrinking horticulture sector.
CropsThe regional council's TANK plan would cut Heretaunga aquifer allocations from 160 to 90 million cubic metres; growers warn of unviable businesses and a worst-case $4 billion hit.
VegetablesIreland has fewer, larger mushroom farms but production has stayed level for five years, the agriculture department told the Dáil, with 80-85% of the crop exported to the UK.
Market ManagementAnswering a Dáil question on climate risks to supply chains, the agriculture minister said Ireland's self-sufficiency is far higher once the single market is counted, and set out support for horticulture and the produce trade deficit.
AgribusinessIn the Real Christmas Tree Board's fifth annual survey, 91% of 47 wholesale growers said they will not raise prices this season, 85% rated supply strong and 79% expect to sell as many trees or more.
At the Southern Regional Agriculture Conference in Hyderabad, India's agriculture minister called for an assessment of what its FTAs make exportable, pushed high-value horticulture from spices to cocoa, and cited coconut exports rising 62% to ₹7,038 crore in a year, with new coconut, cashew and coco
More than 300 bonsai priced from Tk 500 to Tk 6 lakh are on display at the Bangladesh Bonsai Society's 25th annual exhibition in Dhanmondi; organisers say the craft remains a hobby in Bangladesh and has yet to become a profession.
Six AI-designed products for crop nutrition, plant physiology and climate resilience go on sale through a Kenyan horticulture partner, with East and West African launches planned through 2027; the company points to Kenya's KSh136.6 billion horticultural exports, declining soil fertility and a pestic
Horticulture is now worth about $1.4 trillion a year, yet only half of countries grow enough fruit and vegetables to meet the FAO/WHO target of 400g a person a day.
FlowersThe 2024 Census of Horticultural Specialties, released by USDA on 26 February 2026, put American floriculture, nursery and specialty crop sales at $18.3 billion across 23,060 operations, with nursery stock the largest line.
