From initial reports of detections on Flinders Island in Bass Strait to other detections at Spreyton, Sassafras and then George Town on the Tasmanian mainland. “We first picked up about fruit fly when my wife Linda heard it on ABC Radio,” said Spreyton apple grower, Brett Squibb. “I googled the ABC site...
Speed Updating is a program run each year by APAL to capture and present the R,D&E activities of the apple and pear industry. This year APAL are running Speed Updating as part of the Fruit Growers Tasmania Conference which will be held at the Tailrace Centre Riverside in Launceston on Thursday 25 May...
SOME vegetable prices could rise in the wake of Cyclone Debbie, which is due to hit one...
A Queensland finger lime grower says Australia is in danger of losing the fledgling native citrus industry to overseas competitors unless fruit fly export rules are changed. Key points: Finger limes are a citrus native to Queensland’s scenic rim The fruit can only exported frozen because of fruit fly rules Producer Ian...
The International Symposia on Tropical and Temperate Horticulture 2016 (ISTTH2016) will be held at the Cairns Convention...
A parasitic mite discovered in north Queensland could wipe out Australia’s honey bees and threaten food security,...
More than 40 leading international buyers from Asia and the Middle East were introduced to the bounty...
It is money he said he could ill-afford with a banana glut forcing prices down, but without the measures, the long-term impact of Panama could prove devastating. Australian Banana Growers Council chairman Doug Phillips said it had taken growers some time to come to terms with the biosecurity measures. “Even on little simple things,...
While investment in digital technology for agriculture trails all other sectors, especially finance, the industry is sensing...
Australian company offers world-first, all natural processing technology which stops browning of freshly cut avocado and prolongs...
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