Simon Cook says growers need the right tools before the next biosecurity threat arrives.
The Country14 Aug, 2026 05:45 PM3 mins to readSimon Cook owns Te Puke-based Cottlevale Farms and is a Horticulture New Zealand director. Photo /Jamie Troughton, Dscribe MediaFor orchardist Simon Cook, robust biosecurity is the difference between a thriving horticulture sector and chainsaws going through vines.
When Psa was first discussed in a Te Puke meeting room in 2010, Cook, then a spraying contractor, remembered growers listening to stories from Italy and thinking New Zealand was safely
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