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New merger in macadamia industry
Leading Australian macadamia processor Macadamias Direct is taking another step in its growth push, merging with global business The Finasucre Group.
Read full storyProcessor launches under new brand
Australia’s largest macadamia processors and marketers have relaunched under the new brand Marquis Macadamias.
Read full storyGet the latest buzz via 2 free field days
Two events will be held in early March for macadamia and avocado growers who are passionate about pollination and are looking for ways to improve productivity and support the natural ecosystems on their farms.
Read full storyQld macadamia producers named top growers for 2019
A Queensland couple has been name the 2019 Australian Macadamia Grower of the Year.
Read full storyGetting to the root of Macadamias
It’s being dubbed the Ancestry.com project for macadamias, as researchers build up the family tree of Australia’s most famous native exporter.
Read full storyRecord Macadamia orchard sale hits Belgian sweet spot
Belgian sugar producer Finasucre has acquired Australia’s largest portfolio of macadamia orchards in a deal worth almost $60 million.
Read full storyAccurate yield forecasting and better tree crop managment focus of $5M project
A grant worth more than $5 million dollars has been awarded to Hort Innovation to continue work in optimising the management of Australian tree crop industries through innovative mapping and monitoring tools.
Read full storyNew guide to protect macadamia production
The latest edition of the ‘Macadamia Plant Protection Guide’ has been released.
Read full storyWorld's largest macadamia processor switches to solar power, boosting return for growers
The world's largest macadamia processor has turned to solar power in a bid to lower energy costs, lift profitability, and reduce its environmental footprint.
Read full storyMacadamia nuts double in price as growers struggle to keep up with demand
If you're a fan of snacking on Australia's only commercially grown native nut — the macadamia — you may have noticed prices rising on supermarket shelves. The Australian Macadamia Society said the price consumers were paying for the nut had doubled in the last 10 years, from $25 per kilogram to about $50 per kilogram.
Read full storyTailoring options for seed weevil control
With macadamia seed weevil Kushchelorhynchus macadamiae (formerly Sigastus weevil) causing devastating crop losses, incorporating indoxacarb into IMP programs is going a long way to helping Northern Rivers macadamia growers.
Read full storyAmateur naturalist finds new population of endangered wild macadamias
Thirty-seven new trees of the endangered macadamia jansenii species have been found in Bulburin National Park, south of Rockhampton.
Read full storyWhy is Mistletoe killing our Macadamia trees?
Mistletoe, has become famous in the Australian macadamia industry but for all the wrong reasons.
Read full storyFontelis registered for husk spot in macadamia
Husk spot is a devastating fungal disease. Estimated to cost the macadamia industry up to $10 million per season, it causes the crop to prematurely drop to the ground. For many decades, the only option growers had to fend off the disease was to use broad-spectrum benzimidazole fungicides, such as carbendazim.
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