Vigour News
Holiday Hours
Holiday Hours, we are open through the holiday season. For seeds and service call 0800 VIGOUR. The courier service is closed for the statutory holidays.... more...
UK Onion Conference
During an unseasonably warm November in the United Kingdom, I attended my fourth UK Onion and Carrot Conference in Peterborough. This biannual event attracts participants... more...
Awards Season
During November, Vigour owner Steve McArthur was recognised at the 2011 Sir Richard Hadlee Sport Canterbury Awards in Christchurch for his contribution to sport. Winning... more...
Shaken but not stirred
Thank you for all your kind wishes and thoughts. The earthquakeon Tuesday was massive, much worse than the September quake. Personally my family is all... more...
USA National Allium Research Conference
Steve McArthur attended the USA 2010 National Allium Research Conference (NARC) in Reno, Nevada. This is a biannual meeting for researchers and onion crop agronomists, most... more...
New innovations in Tomato
Hazera Genetics are breeding a wide range of tomato varieties. During Steve McArthur's recent visit to their research stations throughout Israel. Steve was very impressed to see... more...
Brassica Congress Israel
During November Steve McArthur visited the Nickerson-Zwaan Mediterranean regional brassica trial days held in Israel. This was a good opportunity to share trial results with colleagues from... more...
Nickerson Zwaan Dutch Open Days
During the last week of September Steve McArthur visited the annual vegetable variety open days in The Netherlands. Nickerson-Zwaan had on display in the fields a complete... more...
Business as usual
We were awoken early on Saturday morning with the house shaking violently for a long period of time. A very freaky experience for all us... more...
Open days Nickerson-Zwaan
From September 22nd - 25th , vegetable professionals from all over the world can get acquainted with the range of current and new open field... more...
Nickerson Zwaan Catalogue
Nickerson Zwaan has released their latest international product catalogue. All of these products are available from VIGOUR for New Zealand growers. Please download the attached... more...
Hazera Tomato Newsletter
Download the attached file for the latest tomato innovations from Hazera more...
Hazera Genetics announces acquisition of the short day onion activities of K&B Development LLC, Gilroy (CA), USA
Hazera Genetics Ltd, Israel's largest seed company and part of the Vilmorin & Cie group, announced the acquisition of the hybrid short day onion activities... more...
Hazera Genetics commences business with Vigour in New Zealand
Today Vigour hosted a special guest at our Chritchurch office; Ms. Zohar Gar of Hazera Genetics in Israel. Zohar is repsonsible for seeing that the... more...
New Tomato Varieties from Hazera Genetics
Hazera Genetics are about to launch a new range of Tomato varieites to the New Zealand growers. From the 1st of February Vigour will introduce... more...
Hazera Genetics appoints Vigour as their exclusive NZ distributors
We are pleased to announce from the 1st of February 2009, Vigour will be the exclusive New Zealand distributors for vegetable seeds bred by Hazera... more...
Onion trial update
We are well set up for our onion demonstration days to be held in February 2009. Visiting this year we have the breeders of TILBURY... more...
Nickerson-Zwaan Open Days
Today I visited the Nickerson-Zwaan Open Days in Sint Maarten (North Holland, The Netherlands). On display were a wide range of vegetables including brassicas, lettuce,... more...
Onion trials on thier way to Europe
Today our onion trials left for their journey to The Netherlands. Eash year Vigour has been sending samples of onons bred from the Nickerson-Zwaaan onion... more...
Illegal seed importer fined
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) is pleased with the conviction handed down today in the Tauranga District Court to a Katikati company for... more...
Vigour releases new grey Pumpkin
As we further extend our product range, we are pleased to announce this season, the release for extensive grower trials a new Grey Pumpkin Hybrid bred by... more...
Nickerson-Zwaan Expands Onion Breeding Team
We are pleased to announce that as of July 1st 2007, Nickerson-Zwaan B.V., will take over all onion activities of Limagrain Advanta Netherlands B.V. located... more...
Onion Open Days
Vigour and Nickerson-Zwaan have an onion variety trial site located near Lincoln in Canterbury. This year, the trials will be open for viewing during the... more...
South meets North
Today Nanne Veldhuyzen van Zanten - Nickerson-Zwaans' Sales Manager for the Benelux region called into the Vigour office in Christchurch while on vacation here in... more...
Nelson growers thrive with Vigour
The Nelson region produces a wide range of vegetable crops for their local market, as well as Christchurch and Wellington markets. The crop range is... more...
Nickerson Dutch Trials
Nickerson Focus on 'Weather-Proof' Varieties by Edward Long(Shortened extract from The Vegetable Farmer, November 2006)"Our goal is to develop varieties that are as weather-proof as... more...
New corporate identity for Vigour
Today Vigour Limited launched their new logo and company identity at a function held at the Vigour offices in Christchurch. Many of Vigour’s South Island... more...
Field Production of Eggplant
Our first trials of eggplant have been very successful, with the introduction of NiZ 60-207 grown here by John Wynyard in Warkworth. This variety is... more...
New additions to lettuce range
The lettuce market is a fast changing one as new varieties with improved pest and disease tolerance make an entrance. The Nickerson-Zwaan breeders have been developing... more...
Nickerson-Zwaan onion breeders make significant discovery
After many years of research and breeding effort, Nickerson-Zwaan has succeeded in introducing resistance to downy mildew (Peronospora destructor) in an F1 onion hybrid of... more...
Global cucumber summit
Steve and Cath McArthur attended Nickerson-Zwaans Global Telegraph Cucumber Summit meeting held in Almeria (this region has close to 10,000 acres of cucumbers under cover)... more...